The OPC urged President Bola Tinubu to reverse the higher energy tariffs and reduce food and gasoline prices as a goodwill gesture.
Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, President of the OPC, issued a statement on Tuesday.
It did, however, urge the protesters to stay nonviolent and follow the route of dialogue
“A hungry guy is angry. “For peace to reign and people to know that the government cares about their welfare, the government must lower the prices of food, electricity, and fuel,” Afolabi stated.
The Yoruba socio-cultural association requested Tinubu to issue an Executive Order quickly opening up all of the country’s borders in the South-West and South-South to allow for a speedy entry of food, lowering costs.
The OPC President urged the government to focus its efforts on converting the country’s refineries to manufacture domestic fuel in order to address the issue of insufficient and overpriced petroleum products.
How is it feasible for four fully operational refineries to require ordinary maintenance yet just one man, Aliko Dangote, was able to develop one in less than ten years after civilians took over in 1999? What’s the mystery?
“The government needs to find, expose, and capture cabals and all the adversaries who are unnecessarily complicating life for Nigerian common people.” We all own this country, and Nigerians need to be allowed to enjoy their commonwealth.
Liberty Movement of Nigeria, a human rights organization, urged Nigerians to exercise patience with Tinubu’s administration in the meantime.
Olusola Edward, the group’s convener, provided the advice in a press release that was received in Lagos on Tuesday.
According to Edward, “discussion is frequently the best way out of social discontent.” “People will still gather around the table to discuss ending hostilities after any war. Thus, instead of going to battle, why not start a conversation to keep peace, order, and law intact? “Jaw-jaw” is always preferable to “war-war,” according to Edward.
He claimed that the President’s diplomatic approach in personally mediating a peaceful resolution to the minimum wage dispute with Organized Labor demonstrated his regard for Nigerians as leaders.
The organization went on, “We call on the protest organizers to put aside their differences, work with the government to strengthen the country, and help Nigeria become the global powerhouse it deserves to be as the largest Black nation.
“One of the groups planning the nationwide demonstration that is set to take place on Thursday, the Take It Back Movement, has declared that it will go forward.
Security services have responded by deploying officers throughout states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, including the police, military, and civil defense, to provide security during the scheduled protests.
On X, the hashtag “EndBadGovernanceInNigeria” is still popular as Nigerians watch Thursday’s developments.
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