Hours to the graduation of the deliberate August 1 nationwide protest, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday instructed Lagosians who’ve intention of becoming a member of the protest to limit their actions to designated protest grounds within the state.
Governor Sanwo-Olu said this in a state-wide broadcast on the deliberate protest that’s scheduled to kick off, Thursday, August 1.
The State Excessive Courtroom had on Tuesday granted an order proscribing the actions of the protesters to the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota and Peace Park situated at Ketu.
The Governor maintained that protest just isn’t the answer to the challenges going through the nation.
He stated, “It’s pertinent to ask, is protest the sensible catalyst for progress the nation requires presently? Will such a protest immediately be sure that all of our challenges disappear in ten days? Will the protest immediately guarantee the costs of meals stuff drop by the eleventh day? Will shutting down the financial system for 10 days encourage financial development we earnestly need?
“I maintain the sturdy view {that a} protest presently will do none of these items for us as a nation. Slightly, it might roll again the modest beneficial properties that we now have made in numerous sides of our socio-economic life as a individuals.
“Are there challenges in our land? Sure. Is the federal government addressing them? Sure. A lot is being completed in lots of sectors to alleviate the pains of the individuals and put together the trail to lasting prosperity.
“Are fast fixes choices out there to the federal government? I doubt that”, the governor affirmed.
Whereas admitting that peaceable protests are basic rights protected by the nation’s structure, the governor nonetheless stated vowing to sack an elected authorities in 10 days via protest is alien to the structure.
Interesting to the supposed protesters, he stated:” To the organisers of the protest, I repeat, whereas your intention could also be noble, don’t substitute your intentions with the motives of different forces. Your gathering is all they maybe require to perpetrate their acts. In any case, there can’t be fifth columnists if there are not any columns. In case your protest gathering turns into a column, then there may be fifth columnists.
“I attraction to you all that we mirror on our previous experiences throughout the tragic occasions of the #EndSARS protest in 2020. What started as a peaceable demonstration was, sadly, hijacked by parts with devilish intentions. They unleashed an unprecedented conflict on our state. We noticed the destruction of priceless properties, the disruption of companies, and sadly, the lack of lives in a number of components of our expensive state. These occasions left deep scars on our state and damage our psyche.
‘We’re but to totally recuperate from the senseless destruction of some symbols of our wealthy and enviable heritage,” Sanwo-Olu recalled.
