Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Today's Quote

Thanks Chidi.

The argument is that the political system is inherently anti-the general populace and so people are not convinced it will work as an agent of creative change.

The protesters are saying they are ready for anything.

The govt is saying that they have a right to peaceful protest.

Perhaps we are moving towards the change we have long cried for but not touched.

Thanks

Toyin

On Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 5:00 AM Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

Oluwatoyin,

If Nigeria were like USA, UK, France and other places like those mentioned, where things are better organized, I would not have any problem with using protest as a way of calling attention to the grievances of the citizens, but in Nigeria, (peaceful) protests are not organized, anyone is free to join and consequently usually gets infiltrated by all manners of persons with interests that cannot be described as peaceful. Moreover, security operatives here are not adequately trained and equiped to handle civil unrests, hence the usual high rates of killings in such situations.

Majorly in view of the aforementioned, I prefer aggrieved citizens calling attention to their grievances mainly through their representatives at the National Assembly(Parliament), these representative would in turn present these grievances on the floor of the national parliament.

Presenting these grievances on the floor of the national parliament will attract national and international attention to them and most likely, (executive arm of)government efforts to address them.

Should these representives prove inaccessible or show reluctance in the matters causing grievances, the constitutional provision of recall should be activated.

As an alternative, citizens can also make use of other channels of dialogue(media, civil society groups, etc)or pressure their representatives to initiate impeachment proceedings against the head of the executive, if there is reluctance in addressing the grievances.

Thanks.

-CAO.

On Monday 29 July 2024, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

Can you share your perspective?

On Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 6:15 AM Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

I disagree with the organizers of the August 2024 nationwide protest, I am a patriotic Nigerian, the protest organizers are also patriotic Nigerians, I believe. We just happen to have different perspectives on the solution to our country's problems.

-Chidi Anthony Opara (CAO)

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