POLL: Do you support Feb 6 nationwide protest?
The Nigerian social media has been on fire since 2face Idibia, a musician, endorsed the call for a nationwide protest against bad governance.
The citizen action is scheduled to take place on February 6 – the same day President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return to the country from the UK, where he has been on vacation.
However, Idibia has been accused of being sponsored by Godswill Akpabio, former Akwa Ibom state governor and PDP chieftain, who has denied having a hand in the planned action.
If the protest is pulled off as planned it may be the recent largest and fiercest citizen action in Nigeria similar to the anti-fuel subsidy removal protest of January 2012.
While the aim of the January 2012 protest was partially achieved, will a nationwide citizen action really bring an end to bad governance?
Do you support the protest against bad governance at all levels of government?
Let’s hear from you.
Should the nationwide protest go on as planned?
- Yes (71%, 393 Votes)
- No (22%, 121 Votes)
- Not interested (7%, 39 Votes)
Total Voters: 553
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all we are saying is the Govt. to take the country to at least the position were it was before they office
Buhari left the country for vacation. He went to a hospital in the UK. The question is, is it not the same Buhari that said that when he becomes President, no government official will go outside for treatment because our hospitals will start working? When GEJ was in office, they say there was massive corruption and looting and that there was no savings… Yet life was easy.. Prices of goods were cheap. . Relive dropped… Naira was strong.. Now Buhari has been elected.. enough funds have been recovered, there is enough savings yet… Naira is so bad to the dollar… etc I can go on and on and on…This is the reason for the protest..
If you dont allow a protest, then get ready for a riot
Protest is part of democracy. I support protest because the govt have nothing to offer. Hardship in the land.