A socio-political group, Osun Reformation has tasked Nigerian youths to remain focused and toe the path of peace in the forthcoming peaceful protest in the country.
The coordinator of the group, comrade Bamidele Adeniyi (Zangaruwa), in a statement issued in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Monday urged the youths and others participating in the protest to ensure that the protest is held peacefully.
He stated that Nigerians have been plunged into severe economic hardship ranging from inflation, naira devaluation, skyrocketing prices of goods and services, high cost of transportation, among others in every nook and cranny of the country.
The statement therefore charged the youths and others involved in the protest in the protest to be law abiding, focused and steadfast.
Comrade Adeniyi also charged them to display a high level of maturity and patriotism to disallow hoodlums from hijacking the peaceful protest for their selfish agenda.
He noted that all the strata of the nation’ have been badly affected by the current economic hardship in the country.
The statement also called on the federal government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately swing into reasonable actions that are capable of easing the burden of Nigerians.
President Tinubu, according to the statement, must rise to the occasion, leaving no stone unturned to rescue the sinking ship of the country before things get out of hands.
“Most worrisome to the Osun Reformation is the unbearable increase in tuition fees for students, who are believed to be future leaders. If there’s difficulty in affordable schooling, then the country called Nigeria is doomed, taking into cognizance, impending failure of a people blessed with great human resources.
“In view of the forgoing, the time is now ripe for education reform which will be all-encompassing, to be put in place by President Tinubu and tuition fees for students across the country must be brought down.
“The unspeakable hike in food prices across the country must be critically looked into by the President, his mantra “renewed hope” must be put to work immediately, to assure the youths and all Nigerians, that it is not over,” he added.
According to Adeniyi who was a former Senate president of the National Association of Nigerian Students ((NANS), “all hands must be on deck at this challenging period of Nigeria’s economic life, to reject inhuman treatment for masses in every sense of the word.”
It therefore called all members of Osun Reformation, Non-governmental Organizations and all the Civil Society Organizations across the country to troop out in large numbers for the peaceful protest against anti-people policies, that are increasing the pains of the masses, day after day.
