Nigeria Youths for Atiku ,NYFA, a support group for former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s presidential ambition says President Bola Tinubu can address the nation and reverse some policies to ease protest threat.
The President of NYFA, Prof. Gold Emmanuel, said this in a statement signed by the group’s Director of Publicity, Mr Dare Dada, on Saturday in Lagos.
Emmanuel said that Nigerians, however, had the right to stage protests against the current socio-economic situation.
She said that the Nigerian Constitution also put obligation on the government to protect protesters against all forms of attacks and infiltrations by hoodlums.
The NYFA President added: “It is no longer news that Nigerians are presently going through the worst of times given the current economic situation in Nigeria.
“The government of President Bola Tinubu should address the country at this trying time, rather than shutting people up.
“This is not the practice in any advanced country where democracy reigns supreme.
“The reversal of all anti-people policies in Nigeria is also necessary amidst calls for a nationwide protest”, Emmanuel said.
According to him, government cannot exist without the people, hence the citizens’ rights must be respected.
“We must tread carefully and listen to the people that we represent”, she said.
Emmanuel, however, urged the would-be protesters to conduct themselves peacefully without resorting to violence.
“We also admonish the President to instruct all security agencies to protect them such that no life is lost”, she said.
