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Keyamo Compares Violent Protesters to Armed Robbers
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has compared the looting and destruction during the ongoing hunger protests to granting licenses to armed robbers. Keyamo made this statement in response to the nationwide demonstrations, which have turned violent in several areas. In Kano, protesters looted a yet-to-be-commissioned Nigeria Communication Commission facility and later set it ablaze. According to Bosun Tijani, the protesters, including some teenagers, stole new furniture and desktops before torching the building.
In Kaduna, a police officer was killed during an attack on state government buildings by protesters. The violence also reached the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, where protesters set the Nyanya Police Station on fire. Keyamo noted that some protesters were already inclined to commit crimes, using the protests as an opportunity to act. He emphasized that while peaceful protests are legitimate, it is crucial to avoid initiating protests without the ability to control their course.
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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