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The Ongoing Nationwide Protest For Good Governance Is Never The Solution. by Atuero(m): 1:18pm On Aug 02 |
Dear Nigerian youths and all those hungry for good governance, 1. I write this carrying all of you in my heart. It is a very difficult time in the country with hunger and a high cost of living, but despite all that, I think one important thing we owe ourselves is to be able to tell ourselves the truth. We may lie to others, but we should never lie to ourselves. 2. It may be painful to admit this, but it does us more good if we admit the fact that this ongoing nationwide protest for good governance is never the solution. It will never address the root of the problem, it will not even scratch it, and we all know why. 3. Bad governance is the executives, represented by Tinubu; bad governance is legislatures, represented by Akpabio; bad governance is the Judiciary, represented by Ariwoola. To ask for an end to bad governance is to ask for an end to all those I mentioned and all those working with them. So, what we are doing is this, we run to those who are our problem and ask them to end themselves by themselves. I am sure you know how that sounds. 4. We had our best chances for a nationwide protest that would have created a significant difference, but we wasted them. First, they promised us that elections would be electronically transmitted. It was not done. We did not protest. Secondly, they started announcing the winner of an election that did not represent what we voted for. We saw it, but we did not protest. Thirdly, the day Tinubu took office, he told us that "Subsidy is gone." We heard it; instead of a nationwide protest, we even applauded it. If we had come out in mass and sat on the streets for days on any of the three issues I mentioned above, we wouldn't have been where we are today. 5. So let us accept this. We are the losers here because right now, they see us as toothless dogs barking. Don't deceive yourself with the narrative that they are scared of our protest. They just don't like the noise of barking toothless dogs, but they are not worried because toothless dogs can't bite. So, to sort them, they pour milk with sugar on the floor for the dogs to scramble, lick, and calm down. Interestingly, it always works even when we should ordinarily see such actions as insults. 6. As Chinua Achebe said, the problem of Nigeria is leadership. Let me add that the biggest problem of Nigeria is Nigerians knowing that her problem is leadership but will still use emotions, tribes, religion and other primitive sentiments to elect today's leaders during election time. The only leaders who can truly give us what we are protesting for are those who do not have the desire to continue in this criminally established structure of leadership in Nigeria. It means the leader will be ready to pull down the entire executive, legislative, and judicial system as we have them right now. You know quite alright that Tinubu can't do that. In fact, it is his comfort structure. 7. The truth is that right now, you and I have entered one chance. If the protest will remove Tinubu from office, that will be great. If it will not, then everything is a waste of time. My advice is, kindly go home and let the hardship spur us to mentally strategize, without emotion or tribe and religion, on how best to vote for that candidate that is different and how we will fight and die to see that our votes are counted when next we have the opportunity to change these present leaders. Yours Purest Fr Kelvin Ugwu https://www.facebook.com/100047214812954/posts/pfbid02pXD3LtKM1nnfLrKuHaF9DoKtNzZ37xvWi5BHUqBA3wkL93dvrFawGsryWW1kb7o3l/?app=fbl
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Re: The Ongoing Nationwide Protest For Good Governance Is Never The Solution. by Righthussle: 1:20pm On Aug 02 |
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Re: The Ongoing Nationwide Protest For Good Governance Is Never The Solution. by Bebigiby1: 1:36pm On Aug 02 |
You’ve spoken well but the truth is that the situation has become unbearable that is why Nigerians are protesting…. You can not beat a child continually and expect the child not to cry…. You’re right that Nigerians had so many occasions to stop what is happening now but do we fold our arms and allow the bad government to continue to kill our people….? It is never too late to correct our mistakes even though it will mean paying the ultimate price in the process of doing so…. If many Nigerians have chosen to protest now then no one should be discourage them as it is only the one that wears the shoe that knows where it is paining him…. Let Tinubu and those in government find solution to the problems that Nigerians are protesting against or resign if they don’t have anything to offer….. |
Re: The Ongoing Nationwide Protest For Good Governance Is Never The Solution. by Naira20: 1:37pm On Aug 02 |
Agreed but this is a precursor to the main thing. This protest is supported by 93% of Nigerians though many didn't see the need to come out. A lot are observing and if you notice you'd discover the main masquerades are not leading this "hunger protest". However, the major takeaway in this protest is that Nigerians are identifying those that are supporting The bad governance. It's helping to identify the common enemy. Those who voted Tinubu because of tribe but are no different from his poor IBO neighbour are now regretting their folly. When the real protest starts it may no longer be peaceful because Protesters will no longer give these people the benefit of a doubt. These touts won't be spared or excused as those being fought for. The traditionalists will not be spared too. There's something about patient and quiet people. When they decide to hit you there'd be no holdbacks. PO going to the courts did something dangerous to the venal judges.They were exposed beyond measure and this puts them at high risk if any revolution will take place. |
Re: The Ongoing Nationwide Protest For Good Governance Is Never The Solution. by Sammiepro95: 1:38pm On Aug 02 |
Atuero: Foot sodier, have you eaten today? Hope your 30k stipend is still enough to feed you for 1 week? Oponu -PRO TIPS
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Re: The Ongoing Nationwide Protest For Good Governance Is Never The Solution. by EyeCumInPiss: 1:39pm On Aug 02 |
You stated the 3 best occasions Nigerians should have protested. #1. When INEC failed to electronically transmit election Results. #2. When Tinubu was announced as Winner #3. When Tinubu announced Subsidy was gone. We all know that protests in any of these occasions wouldn't have thrived because none of those occasions would have united Nigerians. Now is the best time to protest because Hunger and Hardship are the only things that can unite Nigerians. Nothing else can. ![]() Unless you are saying that Protests don't work, which is not true. 1 Like |
Re: The Ongoing Nationwide Protest For Good Governance Is Never The Solution. by Atuero(m): 2:07pm On Aug 02 |
Sammiepro95: Learn how to read the body of the article before commenting |
Re: The Ongoing Nationwide Protest For Good Governance Is Never The Solution. by Atuero(m): 4:07pm On Aug 02 |
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