EndSARS: Nigerian youths outline 23 key demands to be met by FG

Obinwannem News EndSARS: Nigerian youths outline 23 key demands to be met by FG

EndSARS: Nigerian youths outline 23 key demands to be met by FG

Nigerian youths have made their demands known to the Federal Government, the twenty-three (23) key points must be met before they consider backing off from the nationwide #EndSARS protest.

The key agendas are; “scrapping off the Special Anti Robbery Squad SARS, sacking of security chiefs, improving the country’s security, full deregulation of the oil and gas sector to allow more investments for job creation, the immediate passage of PIB, amongst others.

Recall that peaceful protests had erupted in major cities and several other locations nationwide to demand the dissolution of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, for their many severe crimes ranging from abuse, extortion and assassinations.

Other demands by the youths include; “full deregulation of the power sector to allow investment capital flow to generate, transmit and distribute more power and create jobs, hands-off petroleum pricing to enable free-market determination of pricing, closing of northern borders to stop the free entry of Fulani herdsmen and bandits.

“Inclusive government for all tribes and regions of Nigeria with 50 percent youths in charge of governance, allocations of more funds to the education sector to provide better teaching tools and to pay better salaries to end ASUU strikes.

“Changing of the academic curriculum to reflect modern-day realities, politicians should be placed on minimum wage to attract genuine public servants, migrate to 100 percent electoral reforms with electronic voting tied to BVN and GSM.

“Return Nigeria to regional governance structure or restructure the country and embrace true federalism. States’ autonomy must be paramount.

“Disband the bi-cameral legislature and adopt unicameral, immediate reforming of the Nigerian Police Force and let every state or region create its own police service.

“No more budget for running private affairs of elected and appointed public servants, enthrone university education as a minimum qualification for public office holders at all levels of government from the president to local government and ward chairpersons.

“Strip ex-governors and all elected and appointed public servants of all benefits after office, increase salaries of doctors, nurses, teachers, police, military officers, and civil servants.

“Government should hands-off ownership and management of businesses at all levels, name and shame looters and make criminal offenders and looters face trial in their home states and villages to shame them and their families and to stop foreign medical trips for public servants.

Expressing dissatisfaction over the protest, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammad had said that the Federal Government will not allow the country to be thrown into anarchy.

He cited claims that protesters had attacked the Osun State Governor Oyetola’s convoy, however, the governor debunked those claims, noting the attack had been pre-planned and executed by political thugs.

Nwada Ugochinyere Onyechere reporting, Obinwannem News

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