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JUST IN: Oby Ezekwesili Sends Strong Warning To FG Ahead Of Nationwide Protest

Former Education Minister Oby Ezekwesili has urged the Nigerian government to stop spreading fear ahead of the #EndBadGovernance protest scheduled for August 1st.

She emphasized that the protest is a legitimate way for Nigerians to express their grievances.

Posting on X, Ezekwesili voiced her support for the protest organizers, writing, “This unrelenting media propaganda all over the country by the @NigeriaGov and their supporters is just because their badly governed and suffering citizens finally got distressed and discomfited enough to collectively raise their voice and ask them to please #EndBadGovernance?”

She continued, “Your citizens are asking for good governance and instead of seeing this as an opportunity, you are escalating fear in the land? Truly sad to see.”

Ezekwesili highlighted the power of collective action, stating, “At least one good thing from this massive propaganda machinery that has been unleashed is the BIG evidence that *The Power of the People* is indeed greater than *The People in Power*. We need no further proof.”

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She affirmed the legitimacy of the protest, saying, “The #EndBadGovernanceProtest is a valid exercise of the right of the people to peacefully say to their public ‘leaders’, ‘Enough is enough!'”

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Ezekwesili concluded by praising Nigerians’ resilience amid economic hardship, expressing hope for better days: “I laud and stand with the Nigerian citizens for the resilience shown in a season of severest economic hardship. May our country experience better days just because the people have discovered their power to set their public leaders aright.”

Since the organisers became serious in mobilising for the nationwide protest, President Bola Tinubu, Governors, Ministers, lawmakers, security agencies and other government official seemed worried and have been issuing statements calling the youths to shelve their planned protest while also insisting that it could lead to chaos rather than being peaceful.

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