Hardship Protest: ”Tinubu’s speech didn’t show concern on rising banditry” – Northern Elders Forum

NEF on Tinubu's speech

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed its dismay that President Bola Tinubu’s speech on the #EndBadGovernance protest did not touch the issue of banditry, which the group said has caused more deaths and destruction in the northern regions of the country. The NEF’s spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, who stated this in a statement yesterday, said armed banditry is causing severe humanitarian crises in the regions that the president’s speech should have noted to demonstrate his political will to address the problem. Recall that President Tinubu, on Sunday, addressed Nigerians after…

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