#EndSARS: Activist tasks youths on structured leadership,demands for meeting with govt.
ABUJA-A Social Analyst and promoter of good governance with Hope Initiative,an Abuja based nongovernmental organisation, Mallam Bashir Abdullahi,has said the Nigerian youths needed not just a structured leadership but also a well-articulated compilation of demands for a roundtable meeting with authorities after the #EndSARS protests.
These,he said,”must be comprehensive and addressing all areas where leadership and governance have failed over the years.”
He commended Nigerian youths for coming out to speak with one voice against the fault lines of Nigeria through #EndSARS protests.
He said the success of the protests was an indication that Nigerian youths were very angry with the current situation in the country, which according to him was ‘a product of many years of vision-less leadership and bad governance.”
Addressing a media conference, Tuesday, in Abuja,Mallam Abdullahi said,”I suggest we please prepare to go to the table with the authorities to discuss but before then, we need a structured leadership and a well-articulated compilation of our demands which must be comprehensive and addressing all areas where leadership and governance have failed over the years.”
He noted that,”The #EndSARS protest has sent a clear signal that the youths of Nigeria have found their voice and the message is that we need comprehensive reforms in all sectors of our country, be it security, education, healthcare, governance, economy or youth engagement.”
“To assume that it is all about police brutality is a simplistic interpretation of a complex situation,” he said,adding that:”For decades, Nigerians have been complaining about police brutality, the Nigerian state has turned a blind eye, despite panels upon panels set up and recommendations upon recommendations made.”
He recalled with regret that “the SARS problem and other forms of police brutality have lingered for too long”, adding that,”The Nigerian police are reputed to be the most corrupt in the world.”
“Each time there is a public outcry, the authorities take cosmetic measures.
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