Their decision to abstain was predicated on the prospect of violence breaking out during the protest.
Numerous organizations in the states, especially youth organizations, declared their withdrawal from the scheduled protest yesterday, citing concerns that it would turn violent. This information was first published by Timbloggist.
The leading social-cultural organization in the north, the Arewa Consultation Forum (ACF), disassociated itself from the planned August 1 nationwide demonstration and issued a warning that it would result in property and life devastation as well as impede the advancements being made in the area Anonymous groups might be intended to cause trouble, but that might not be a good thing.
According to a statement released on Tuesday and signed by Prof. TA Muhammad-Baba, n.ational publicity secretary of the ACF, it is unimaginable that the millions of Nigerians who survive on meager daily wages could withstand a shutdown lasting up to ten days.
The statement claims that none of the rationales for the proposed action directly address the most urgent problem facing the north right now: crippling insecurity, which persists unresolved and continues to wreak havoc on residents and exacerbate food poverty.
But the ACF recognized that Nigeria's 1999 Constitution and other international and universal agreements protect citizens' unalienable rights to voice complaints about their living conditions and goals, including the right to free speech and to assemble, demonstrate, and protest.
Additionally, ACF noted that Nigerians are currently facing existential issues live with are terrible, made even more apparent by the flashy, wasteful, and callous lifestyles and attitudes of Nigeria's public officials and elected representatives. This has left the general populace feeling deeply angry and depressed.
On the other hand, the Yoruba Global Council (YGC), a Diaspora Yoruba socio-cultural organization, has urged Nigerians to postpone their planned August 1, 2024, nationwide protest known as "EndBadGovernment."
During their virtual monthly meeting on Sunday, July 28, 2024, which was attended by over sixty members from Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia, they made this call.
Its general secretary, Prince Segun Akanni, and director of mobilization and public engagement, Otunba Tunji Akinyele, jointly signed a news release that was made available to the media.
ACF claimed that certain people were promoting a demonstration that They claimed that although citizens have the civic and constitutional right to peaceful demonstrate as a means of demanding better administration, the upcoming rally looks ready to interfere with government operations at a sensitive moment.
But in the midst of hardship, a group called Ladies Empowerment Goals and Support Initiative (LEGASI), working with Kaduna State Peace and Security Network, has urged Nigerians to demonstrate peacefully.
Tuesday, at a news conference in Kaduna under the hashtag #EndBadGovernmentProtest, Mr. Aiyelu Timothy Lawrence, the program manager for LEGASi, pleaded with security services to make sure that demonstrators' lives and property are protected.
Sheriff Oborevwori, the governor of Delta State, urged Nigerians, especially those organizing the planned demonstration, to abandon the notion on Tuesday, stating that it will only worsen the country's difficulties.
Considering the results of earlier rallies that were taken over by thugs, Oborevwori, who claimed that the government was addressing the issues presented, insisted that such demonstrations would not resolve the problems facing the country.
At Government House in Asaba, the governor made the appeal while entertaining Archbishop Daniel Okoh, national president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and his team.
In a similar vein, as Tinubu's reforms are beginning to show results, the minister of defense, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has urged the organizers of the planned hunger protest to drop the plan and hold a roundtable discussion with the federal government.
The economy of the country was already recovering gradually but steadily, he continued, and he gave residents the assurance that the current administration would do more to meet their needs The minister stated that the changes implemented by President Tinubu are beginning to improve the lives of Nigerians, as evidenced by the fact that the country's economy grew at its second-fastest rate in the previous six years in Q1 2024, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Defence's director of press, Mr. Henshaw Ogubike.
Nine Niger Delta states withdraw
The nine states that make up the Niger Delta region's leadership and interested parties have also disassociated themselves from the statewide demonstration that is set to begin tomorrow.
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) hosted a one-day Niger Delta sensitization conference for women, youth, and ethnic nations yesterday in Port Harcourt. During the meeting, a decision was made.
Prominent socio-cultural and pressure groups from the area, such as the Urhobo Youth Council, the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), and the Concerned Niger Delta Women Coalition (CNDWC), attended the meeting.
The Niger Delta region's residents, according to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, have decided not to take part in the anticipated statewide protest, as The demands made by the demonstrators were not in the best interests of the local populace.
The nine states that make up the Niger Delta region's leadership and interested parties have also disassociated themselves from the statewide demonstration that is set to begin tomorrow.
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) hosted a one-day Niger Delta sensitization conference for women, youth, and ethnic nations yesterday in Port Harcourt. During the meeting, a decision was made.
Prominent socio-cultural and pressure groups from the area, such as the Urhobo Youth Council, the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), and the Concerned Niger Delta Women Coalition (CNDWC), attended the meeting.
The Niger Delta region's residents, according to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, have decided not to take part in the anticipated statewide protest, as The demands made by the demonstrators were not in the best interests of the local populace.
Akpabio stated: "President Yar'adua intervened and resolved the crisis involving the Niger Delta region." The Niger Delta is tranquil right now. I want to begin with Jonathan Lokpobiri's statement as President of the Ijaw Youth Council.
He claimed that after looking over the demands of people looking to protest, he found nothing in them that mentioned the Niger Delta. The development of a 13-kilometer Ogoni-Calabar road was absent, as was the East-West Road and the now impassable Calabar-Itu-Odukpani route.
Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, the managing director of NDDC, stated in his own speech that the The residents in the area now support intellectual conflict over protests or street fighting.
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Benjamin Kalu commended Niger Delta youths and stakeholders for starting to demonstrate the strength of harmony and peace within their own group.
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