THE FUEL SUBSIDY PROTEST, DOES IT WORTH IT?

The time is now to critical assess the out come of the January fuel subsidy protest, some have argued that it was a success due to the fact that the FG reversed the fuel price from the initial N141 to N97, they also argued that it opened more room for education and awareness,it has give Nigerians the consciousness needed to raise up and demand for their rights. The effect of that mass action is still on going till now,which resulted to the current issue of subsidy probe, which the House of Representative have submitted their report for the president's consideration. During the protest, over 30 people were reportedly killed by the security personnel, yet the aim of the protest which was the reverse to N65 or nothing was not achieved. As i have noted then, any attempt to accept a shift in price would kill Nigerians, what i mean by that is simple, the Government would have a key to always nail the people when they needed to. They would stop the funding of various sectors without putting appropriate measures in place. of course they know the people would revolt,but after much hustle and protest, a slight change would be introduced and the people would be calm. It was evident when the FG through Pius Anyim said it would stop the funding of tertiary institutions in the country,asking the various institutions to generate fund on its own,this would automatically amount to higher school fee for the masses.

Point of note, There is nothing wrong in asking the institutions to source for fund on its own to run its affairs,but there should be a good avenue and enabling environment for that which should be assisted by the FG . Even in abroad,people who can't afford to pay their fee are given reasonable options in form of grant,scholarship etc. Watch out people, the funding of our institutions would stop soon and would you come out to protest again? after much protest by the students,they would of course give half funding and ask the school to generate the rest which would mean the students paying more. After the funding of tertiary institutions have been stopped,which sector will be next? Protest in mass and let some 30 people die for the Fg to reverse a little, How long would you protest when unfavorable policies are being made? why not look for others means of protesting rather than coming out in mass for the decision of one man? One man made the decision of removal of subsidy,million of people came out protesting for his action,over 30 people got killed and what next? Do you think the protest was a success? The FUEL SUBSIDY protest, does it worth it? lets reason. In my opinion, the only thing that could make a protest worth while is the accomplishment of the purpose of staging it,even at that,protest should be the last resort when there is no other option. Why should 30 people be dying for the decision of someone? and even after their death,what they were fighting for was not achieved. Is it not better for the Nigerian youths to come together and fashion out other better ways of demanding what is due? Just thinking.