Tinubu Challenged to Name Sponsors of Hunger Protests

• President Bola Tinubu has been challenged to mention the names of the alleged sponsors of the recently concluded nationwide hunger protests
• Rilwan Olanrewaju, a PDP chieftain, challenged the president in a recent interview with Legit.ng
• Olanrewaju posited that the protest was a successful one, adding that it raised the people's consciousness of their constitutional rights

Rilwan Olanrewaju, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has challenged President Bola Tinubu to publicly identify the alleged sponsors of the nationwide hunger protests who were reportedly arrested earlier.

Olanrewaju stated this in an interview with Legit.ng, while responding to reports of alleged foreign influence in the recently concluded protests.

During the protests in northern Nigeria, some demonstrators raised Russian flags, sparking security concerns across the country

Reacting to the demonstration, the PDP chieftain said:

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"I will rate the protest very high because it showed that a lot of things are not right. Since this government was inaugurated, there has been one problem after another, one terrible policy after another. It's the right of the citizens to peacefully assemble to show discomfort with policies affecting them, as stated in the constitution( section 40).

"Nigerians are good people, very passionate and contemplative, but the APC-led administration has been taking Nigerians for granted since 2015, going against what it promised before grabbing power from the PDP in 2015. The change they promised is not a change from good to bad and worse compared to how we were prior to the emergence of the APC government.

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"Nigerians came out in numbers to express their dissatisfaction with the state of our economy (inflation ) and insecurity, and our voices were heard loud and clear. It was a successful event, and I extend my congratulations to brave Nigerian youths who came out to remind the government why it's important to do the right thing at the right time."

Tinubu laments Nigeria's poor electricity

Legit.ng previously reported that Tinubu expressed concern over the low electricity generation in a country as large as Nigeria.

The president said it was disappointing that a big country like Nigeria was generating only 4.5 gigawatts, which was not sufficient.

Tinubu's remark came hours after the electricity distribution company announced an upward review of electricity tariffs in the country.

Proofreading by James, Ojo Adakole, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng