Following the planned Nationwide Protest which is gaining momentum,some Nigerians are making some articulated demands that would drive the protest assuming the government would decide to listen.
Below are some demands from random individuals….
Sowore,Wrote below..
So far, these are the commonest but fundamental demands from those who have responded to pursuing a general set of DEMANDs to #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria for the Days of Rage revolt scheduled for the end of July until August 2024.
1. Scrap the 1999 Constitution and replace it with a People-made Constitution for the Federal Republic of Nigeria through a Sovereign National Conference to be immediately followed by a National Referendum.
2. Toss the Senate arm of the Nigerian Legislative System, keep the House of Representatives (HOR), and make lawmaking a part-time endeavour.
3. Pay Nigerian Workers a minimum wage of nothing less than N250,000 monthly.
4. Invest heavily in education and give Nigerian students grants, not loans. Aggressively pursue free and compulsory education for children across Nigeria.
5. Release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu unconditionally and demilitarize the South East.
6. Renationalize publicly owned enterprises sold to government officials and cronies.
7. Reinstate a corruption-free subsidy regime to reduce hunger, starvation and multidimensional poverty.
8. Probe past and present Nigerian leaders who have looted the treasury, recover their loot, and deposited it in a special account to fund education, healthcare, and infrastructure.
9. Restructuring of Nigeria to accommodate Nigeria’s diversity, resource control, decentralization and regional development.
10. Reforms of Security Agencies to stop continuous human rights violations and duplication of security agencies and enhance the physical security of Nigerian citizens.
11. Establish a Special Energy Fund immediately to drive massive, corruption-free power sector development.
12. Immediate Reconstitution of the Nigerian Electoral Body @inecnigeria to remove corrupt individuals and partisan hacks appointed to manipulate elections.
13. Massive investment in public works and industrialization will help employ Nigeria’s teeming youths.
14. Massive shake-up in the Nigerian judiciary to remove cabals of corrupt generations of judges and judicial officers that continue denying everyday citizens access to real justice.
You may now add yours…
Another person wrote…
“Ending insecurity should be one of the demands.
Electronic voting and transmission of results from PUs is also important.
Total Independence of INEC
The demands are too numerous to mention…”
The Bauchi division has already written to the police in preparation for the day..
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