Akpabio to youths: You have right to protest, but not an opportunity for violence

Akpabio to youths: You have right to protest, but not an opportunity for violence

 Senate President Godswill Akpabio says Nigerians have the
right to protest but should not abuse it as an opportunity to cause violence.

 

Akpabio spoke in Abuja on Wednesday at the State House while
reacting to the planned nationwide protest against hunger slated for August
1-10.

 

He said those behind the protest are faceless and “very
amorphous”.

 

“I want to use this opportunity to call on those who are
attempting to foment trouble; that you have a right to protest. It is your
fundamental right. It is there in the constitution,” Akpabio said.

 

 “But you don’t have a
right to destabilise the country. The right to protest should not be turned
into the right to unleash violence. It’s very clear that people who are behind
this are very amorphous, very faceless.”

 

The senate president said the current economic challenges
facing Nigerians predate President Bola Tinubu’s administration, which, he
noted, has only been in power for a year.

 

“It is the outcome of years of insecurity. Many people could
not go to farms for almost 10 years and know that, and the president has risen
to the occasion,” he said.

 

 “Every food item that
is coming in now will come in without any restriction; bring in food because
Nigerians need to eat. And then, at the same time, most things are coming in
with a lot of waivers.

 

“So, for me, I’m excited that yes, indeed, the government is
doing what it should. And we, the leaders in the National Assembly, are
touching our various constituencies.”

Source: Akpabio to youths: You have right to protest, but not an opportunity for violence

 - NigerianEye

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