End bad governance Protest in Nigeria August 2024 day 6.
In this live blog post, Ejes Gist News will provide real-time updates on the nationwide protests happening across Nigeria in August 2024. These protests, driven by widespread frustration and discontent, are set to take place in major cities such as Abuja, Lagos, and many others.
Live Updates: Nigerians Storm Streets In Massive Nationwide Hunger Protest (Day 6).
The nationwide protest against bad governance and hunger continued today across the country.
Nationwide Protests Against Hunger, Hardship, Bad Governance Continue
The nationwide protests against hunger, hardship, and bad governance show no signs of slowing down as protests held today, Monday, to mark the sixth day of countrywide protests.
Protesters have defied the federal government and its officials who have called on them to shelve the protests, with security agents accused of opening fire and arresting peaceful protesters.
The protests running for the second day are a pointer to the frustrations and disappointment of Nigerians over the state of the nation. Citizens are demanding immediate action over surging prices of vital commodities, joblessness, and ineffective governance.
Crowds have mobilized across major towns in the country, chanting slogans and mounting placards, demanding better living conditions and government accountability. This spells out a resilient determination on the protesters’ vow that protests will only stop when demands are met.
Government Reaction and Security Concerns.
The Federal Government has maintained its plea for calm and patience, urging protesters to rather give dialogue a chance as one sure avenue of redress for the issues at hand. This has invariably fallen on deaf ears, as many Nigerians believed past inchoate promises at reform and improvement remained unexecuted.
Reports from different cities have confirmed security forces resorted to aggressive means of crowd dispersion. Some police and military officials have turned to the use of tear gas, water cannons, and in some instances, live ammunition against peaceful protesters, according to various eyewitnesses, videos sent to this network, and across social media. Human rights groups have largely condemned such actions and called for an investigation into the use of excessive force.
As the protests persist, there is growing clamor for national unity among Nigerians to find lasting solutions to challenges besetting the nation. Groups active in civil society, religious leaders, and influential persons have been championing peaceful protests while urging the government to listen to people’s grievances.
In a statement, a coalition representing civil society expressed the imperative necessity that the government must take immediate intervention and respond to the deeper issues that made protests erupt. It wanted concrete actions for reducing inflation, creating opportunities for jobs, improving governance, and enhancing transparency.
Live Updates: Nationwide Protest Against Hunger/Bad Governance Enters Sixth Day
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Ejes Gist News reports that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had on Sunday morning addressed Nigerians, urging them to suspend their strike, while reeling out the achievements of his administration.
This, however, did not stop protesters from storming the streets in Plateau, Lagos, and other states across the country.
Stick with Ejes Gist News for updates on day six of the nationwide demonstrations…
A leader of the Bauchi North zone’s #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests, Isah Zaki, has voiced strong dissatisfaction with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent nationwide address.
Zaki stated that the decision to potentially relax the protests in Bauchi North is due to disruptions caused by hoodlums, which have harmed local businesses.
#EndBadGovernance protesters have started converging at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota in Lagos.
On Monday morning in Katsina, some protesters waived Russian flags, chatting in Hausa, “Hunger is killing us.”
According to DailyTrust, Policemen have started trailing them, firing teargas to disperse them.
Security operatives, on Monday, dispersed protesters in the Karu area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Ejes Gist News gathered that the protesters marching against bad governance in the country were just assembling when security agents went after them and arrested three.
One of the protesters who spoke with Punch, Yahaya Abdullahi, said the security agents fired teargas at them.
Protests resumes in Ojota Lagos State.
Hardship protests: 18 feared killed.
According to Daily Trust in a report on Monday, August 5, the death toll in the ongoing protest against hardship in Nigeria is 18. Niger state has the highest casualty with six.
Nigeria protests: 109 protesters jailed – Amnesty International Amnesty.
International has accused Nigerian security forces of a clampdown on “peaceful hunger protesters”. According to the non-governmental organisation (NGO), a mobile court has ‘hurriedly sent 109 protesters to prison’.
Stick with Ejes Gist News as we continue to bring you updates on the End bad governance Protest…
EndBadGovernance protest: Day 3: Reports coming in from Benin suggest that youths mounting roadblocks on major roads have resorted to ‘extorting’ road users, particularly private car owners, to enable them ply the roads.
The protest against bad governance in Nigeria’s capital city, scheduled from August 1 to August 10, has significantly waned in momentum as the exercise enters its third day.
Ejes Gist News understands that as a strategy to manage the protest, the authorities of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) secured a court order that confined the demonstrators to the MKO Abiola National Stadium.
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