Fayose Faults Nationwide Protest Against Tinubu's Govt: “No Rally Against Buhari Despite Hunger”
- Ayo Fayose has publicly opposed the planned hardship protest against President Tinubu's government that will be held on August 1
- The former governor of Ekiti state condemned the decision of the organisers of the protests, noting the planned demonstration was not in the interest of Nigerians
- Fayose insisted those who didn't protest against ex-President Buhari, who ruled for eight years and handed over a dead economy to Tinubu, have no right to do so now
Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.
Ayo Fayose, a former governor of Ekiti state, has criticised a planned nationwide protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration, alleging that the rally's organisers have sinister motives.
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Fayose says protest is politically motivated
Fayose claimed the planned August 1 hardship protest has political dimensions.
He said this when he was featured as a guest on Monday's edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on July 29.
According to him, Tinubu’s predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, was in power for eight years, and there was no hunger protest despite the country's hardships at the time.
Buhari, a former military head of state from Katsina state in Northwest Nigeria, was the democratically elected president from May 2015 to May 2023.
He handed over power to Tinubu, a former Lagos governor from the southwest geopolitical zone, who won the 2023 presidential election under the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Fayose said:
“Hunger didn’t start one day. This hunger started a long time ago. That was why they had a rally at a time and said: ‘Jonathan must go.’ (President Goodluck) Jonathan left. That hunger did not stop. Buhari came. I spoke to power. Buhari spent eight years, nobody said anything. I didn’t remember any rally.
“There is no government that is 100%.”
He added that the economic issues confronting Nigeria were from the past administrations.
100 CSOs vow to boycott nationwide protest
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that one hundred civil society organizations in Nigeria have announced their decision to abstain from the planned mass protests.
The UGNC justified their stance by emphasizing the administration's significant achievements and effective reforms within its first year.
The coalition urged Nigerians, particularly the youth, to shun the protests and instead support the Tinubu administration's efforts to lead Nigeria towards a prosperous.
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