#EndBadGovernance: Organisers Plan One-Million-Man Protest In 36 States, FCT Saturday
One of the key organisers of the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest, the Take It Back Movement, has scheduled Saturday for a one-million-man protest in all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja.
The national coordinator of the movement, Mr. Sanyaolu Juwon, stated this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
He said, “The Take It Back Movement (TIB), side-by-side with other organisers and organisations, will on August 10, lead a monumental one-million-man protest in each of the 36 states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
“This event will mark a critical juncture in our nationwide #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria campaign, which began on August 1, 2024.
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“It started as a planned 10-day protest but has evolved into a sustained and widespread movement, drawing participants from every corner of Nigeria and the diaspora.”
Osun Defender reports that the protest, which aimed at drawing the attention of the governments at all levels to the hardship bedeviling the citizens, commenced on August 1 and is expected to end on Saturday, August 10.
Although the protest was violent in some parts of the country, especially in the northern states, the exercise recorded a large turnout across the country.
Despite the appeal by President Bola Tinubu in a nationwide broadcast on Sunday, asking the protesters to back down and give his administration more time, the protests continued in Osun, Abuja, Kano, and some other parts of the country.
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