The former Minister for Sports Development, Mr Solomon Dalung and Prophet Isa El-buba, the Converner of the Initiative for Better and Brighter (IBBN), were among the residents of Jos who staged a protest against the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
The protesters, largely youths, matched on major streets of Jos, chanting solidarity songs.
The organisers of the protests said that the exercise would be from Aug. 1 – 10.
Speaking during the exercise, Dalung said that the protest aimed at demanding for good governance from the government.
”There is poverty in the land, Nigerians are hungry and cost of living is biting harder and harder.
”So, we are on the street not to cause trouble, but to peacefully call on the government to address the current challenges in the country,”he said.
On his part, El-buba, called on the president to put modalities on ground to end corruption and bad governance in Nigeria.
He said that it is a fight to retrieve the soul of the future of Nigeria and its descendants.
“It is a fight for us to get good governance in Nigeria. None of us is going to retreat because we have a responsibility to make sure that the voice of the people is the voice of God.
“When they speak, it is God speaking, and God is saying that we must end bad governance in Nigeria.
“When the right institutions are in place, there will be no hunger, the killings will stop in the land, and our armed forces will enjoy their services to the people.
“We are going to push on until we get what is meant for Nigeria because it is better to suffer today and secure the future of our country.
“We are here to make a change. We love our nation; we are people of peace, and we must enjoy peace, and our country must come out of the woods,” he said.
Elbuba told the protesters that they wanted Nigeria, where nobody would use religion or tribalism to seduce or manipulate Nigerians
According to him, they were going to mobilise more for the remaining nine days of the protest.
“I grew up in Nigeria, where we were known as Nigerians instead of our individual tribes. I grew up in Nigeria, where going to school from primary to university was taken care of by the government.
“Then, before you graduate, a job is waiting for you, and that is the kind of Nigeria we want,” he said.
