The roads in Abuja are gradually becoming busier as protesters appear to have scaled back on further demonstrations.
According to Channels TV, only Ene Obi, the former Country Director of ActionAid Nigeria, and Hauwa Mustapha were seen holding a sit-out at the Moshood Abiola Stadium on Tuesday.
Tuesday marked the sixth day of the #Endbadgovernance nationwide protests against hunger and hardship.
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Security personnel at the stadium reportedly prevented anyone from protesting in the designated area, and journalists on the scene were also not allowed to stay outside the stadium.
The security officials cited a court order that restricted protesters to the inside of the stadium. Despite this, the two women, who spoke to the media, vowed to continue their sit-out until the ten-day demonstration period expires.
one of the organisers, Ene Obi told journalists: “Look at the president speaking to Nigeria. It was a totally empty speech. What are you telling us? Not even one of the demands has been met. And you are telling us to go to the stadium. we are here at the stadium nah. let our children come,”.
Obi continued, “Bring down the prices of petroleum products. this is the same government that fought against the removal of fuel subsidy. And the same president has used it to punish Nigerians.
“We are mothers. What they are doing is setting our children against us. Even the police and security agancies- which of them is going to a different market? Their money is useless. They are turning our children against us. We are sitting here, let them teargas us. So many of them, I can give birth to them.
“The mothers in the land are wounded. No employment. Many of our children have gone to school but have no employment. We are calling for an end to bad governance.
“They said you need to appoint one minister from every state. We don’t have minister of state in the constitution. And they are even creating more seats for more ministers to come in.
“There are no signs from the government to show us that they can bring down the cost of governance.”
This development follows several days of violent protests in the nation’s capital, during which police operatives fired tear gas at the demonstrators.
