By Seun Opejobi The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, on Thursday, cautioned President Bola Tinub...
By Seun Opejobi
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate
Elijah Ayodele, on Thursday, cautioned President Bola Tinubu not to stop the
upcoming August 1 protest against hardship in the country.
Primate Ayodele said Nigerians are very bitter and have
formed hatred toward the present government due to the hardship in the country.
In a statement by his Media Aide, Oluwatosin Osho, Ayodele
said the protest will hold but the government should work on mitigating the
effects by reducing the prices of essential commodities like food, fuel,
electricity, etc.
The clergy explained that the current hardship is affecting
the poor and rich because many didn’t expect it to get to this level even
though he warned them before voting in another APC government.
He urged the president to discard those deceiving him that
the economic situation of the country is getting better.
According to Ayodele, ‘’People are very bitter and they have
hatred towards this government. Some states will participate and some will not
but definitely there will be protests. The government needs all it needs to do;
crash the price of food, electricity, petroleum, find solutions to insecurity,
regulate prices and others to mitigate the effect of the protest.
‘’People are in serious hardship but the government doesn’t
understand, they need to do something fast because it will be more than an
ordinary protest. Nigeria doesn’t need this protest now because there is
‘protest inside protest’ due to pains, hardship, and hunger.
‘’This government is just assumption-based; it is not a
realistic one so it’s difficult to connect with people or understand their
pains. The government must adjust, it’s very simple to stop this protest by
doing all that is needed. It will be a protest of hunger, pains and reward.
‘’The government is affecting the rich and poor, there is
hardship everywhere but people didn’t expect this. People who surround the
government are deceiving him. They want the government to collapse. The
government has not done anything so they should expect the protest, it will
stand. ‘’
‘’Nigeria deserves better welfare despite the increment in
minimum wage, it’s not an achievement but let this government go after a better
achievement that the people will be grateful for.’’
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