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Human Rights Lawyer Urges Protesters to Suspend Demonstrations for Government Dialogue
As the nationwide protests continue into their second day, prominent human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has urged the youth to halt their demonstrations and engage in dialogue with the government.
In a statement released on Friday, Adegboruwa expressed concern that the original objectives of the protest had been compromised due to the actions of “sponsored agents” who have allegedly infiltrated the ranks of the demonstrators.
He highlighted that while the protests were initially intended to be peaceful and well-organized, it appears that certain individuals with ulterior motives have disrupted these efforts.
Adegboruwa emphasized that the presence of these disruptive elements has undermined the positive goals of the protests. In light of this, he has called for the protesters to cease their activities and withdraw from their various protest sites.
He believes that an immediate and indefinite suspension of the demonstrations is necessary to facilitate meaningful dialogue and constructive engagement with the government.
The human rights lawyer stressed that avoiding further confrontation and potential casualties is crucial.
He appealed to the leaders and representatives of the protests to embrace dialogue as a means of addressing their grievances with the government, thereby ensuring that the fundamental aims of the protests are not lost amid the chaos.
TV anchor Rufai Oseni makes headlines as he speaks on fuel subsidy in Nigeria. He shared that Nigeria can have fuel subsidy without the long queues at filling stations.
“When we were still paying subsidies, there were no long queues. We were subsidising. So you can still have a subsidy regime going on, and there will be no long queues because production was close by. Dangote had it. That’s just it. That argument also falls flat.
“The biggest beneficiaries of subsidy are not Nigerians. They are crony capitalists that have big infrastructure, and they do contracts. They have been the biggest beneficiaries of the subsidy,” he said.
Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu, speaks to those in the electricity sector about the usual blackouts in the state.
He speaks on ways things can change in the state and how electricity can be provided.
“We need to drop corporate egos, abandon long-standing excuses, and confront the harsh realities obstructing progress in the power sector.”
“We, state governments, used to give excuses that everything is centralised, so the Federal Government has unbundled it now. What have we done in a year and a half?” Sanwo-Olu asked.
“We take two steps forward, we go five steps backward,” he said.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared Thursday, August 20, a work-free day for public servants in the state to mark the Isese Festival.
Speaking on the celebration, he said “Ìṣẹ̀ṣe is not a relic. It is a living expression of our traditions and a celebration of Yoruba spirituality as an important part of Nigeria’s cultural and religious landscape,” he said.
He added “When the drums sound in Lagos on Thursday, they answer drums in Havana, in Salvador, in Port of Spain. Fifty-five million people and counting. Lagos is not observing a local holiday. Lagos is standing at the centre of a global heritage,” Aregbe said.
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