Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has known as on anyone wishing to make use of the Eagles Sq. for protests to correctly apply, and pay safety price for the #EndBadGovernance protest scheduled for August 1.
The minister acknowledged this at a City Corridor Assembly held on the Federal Capital Growth Authority ( FCDA) in Abuja on Saturday.
Recall {that a} group, the Take It Again Motion, had written to the minister requesting the usage of the ability for its protest, in addition to the availability of safety and utilities throughout the protest.
Within the letter signed by its Director of Mobilisation, Damilare Adenola on Friday, the group additionally acknowledged that the minister should “guarantee the availability of a 24-hour energy provide, rest room services, water, and safety for the comfort of Nigerian residents who will likely be camped out at Eagle Sq.”.
Wike, nevertheless, stated the group had solely utilized by way of social media and tv appearances, including that they have to apply correctly, meet with him, and pay a safety price earlier than such a request may very well be granted.
“I’m simply studying on social media that they’ve utilized to me to grant Eagle Sq.. Do you apply to me via social media? You’ll write a letter to the Minister. I’ll see you, who’re you, what do you need to do, what number of days will you spend, how a lot will you pay?
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“I watched them on Channels Information telling the IG they’d utilized. You don’t apply to me via Channels; you could apply correctly. You could pay what we name Safety Value. In order that if there may be any injury to the ability, we are going to take that safety price and restore it. We don’t simply give individuals the venue as a result of they’ve utilized; you could fulfil the situations,” he stated.
The minister additionally stated that some individuals had beforehand paid for the usage of the venue, including that the protesters couldn’t ask to make use of Eagle Sq. on brief discover.
“Folks have paid, sure, reserving. Ought to I’m going and cancel these individuals’s bookings since you need to protest? He who comes first will take the approval. First come, first served,” he added.
