Tag: Mass protest

“Mass protest looms if food prices keep rising” ?- Ex-Senate President, Ahmed Lawan

Aminu Imam
Ex Senate President, Ahmed Lawan

Former Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has warned that widespread protests will occur if the legislative, Executive, and judicial branches do not collaborate to lower food prices and electricity tariffs. Lawan made this statement during a debate on a Motion introduced by Senator Sunday Karimi, (Kogi-West). Karimi’s Motion addressed the issue of ‘food insecurity’. Lawan emphasised that Nigerians should not be underestimated amid the increasing economic challenges. According to report , he said, “If we don’t take urgent actions on increased food prices and electricity tariffs, we will not like the…

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Fuel Subsidy Removal: NLC plans national mass protest Feb. 1st

Aminu Imam

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), has resolved to hold a national mass protest on February 1, against the plan by the Federal Government to remove fuel subsidy. The decision is contained in a communiqué issued on Friday, in Abuja, and signed by NLC President, Ayuba Wabba and General Secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja, after its NEC meeting. Recall that the President Buhari-led administration recently disclosed that it would remove fuel subsidy as from next year, a move that has led to concerns, as Nigerians battle with…

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Rising Insecurity: Crisis looms in North as serving N/East Gov, ex-N/West Gov. mobilise groups for mass protest

Aminu Imam

Crisis appears to be looming in the Northern part of the country following fresh moves by a serving Northeast governor and former Northwest governor to launch mass protests across the northern states against the Federal Government to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the security situation in the country. The two top politicians, who are also nursing presidential ambitions, are reported to have already held several clandestine meetings with aggrieved leaders of northern coalition youth groups, political pressure groups and other non-State actors, with a view to firming up arrangements for what…

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