PRESIDENT BUHARI'S TORTOISE ADDRESS, A COMPENDIUM OF FAILED GARBAGE
By Eben Enasco Kingsley
Its seems a dashed hope for concerned Nigerians over President Muhammadu Buhari's long awaited Nationwide address of October 22, 2020, following weeks of highly tensed youths demand to ENDSARS.
Nigerians, had hoped for an address of reassurances on their plights and demands, but got a package of surprises from a 'TORTOISLY' disconnecting patches from a monumental failed Testudinidae of the order Testudines Government of President Mohammedu Buhari.
Countrymen have been on the street for over 12-day seeking a halt to injustices with their views to better living conditions.
These seeking a termination to bad leadership had been harassed, maimed, molested and killed for over sixty years without justice by heartless expansionists.
While demanding a harmonious society where everyone is Free to move without fear and intimidation, it would be absolutely denigrating from the authority to deliberately close its eyes on the plight of the Nigerian Youths. The demand is clear and direct.
Nigerian Youths have listed their demands both long term and short term basis resorting to press until a decision is taking to address their concerns.
They are demanding saliently to end all forms of Police brutalities in extension a holistic reformation of the Nigerian Police, Immediate Constitution of the Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission, Reformation of the Nigerian Legislative Arm (their excessive financial allocations), Electoral Reforms, Reduction in fuel pump price, Reversal of Electricity tariff, Revitalization of public industries to create jobs, Adequately funding Education and Health Sectors as well as fortify the economy and ensure implementation of the new the minimum wage.
These amongst other demands are what many have intensely requested from Nigerian Government over the past twelve days without serious attempts on the part of the authority.
Although,President Muhammadu
Buhari On Monday, October 12, 2020, acknowledged the concern and agitation of members of the Protesting youths regarding the excessive use of force by some members of SARS.
In his response, the government immediately scrapped SARS, and reportedly, according to them, put measures in place to address the other demands of the youth.
A new Anti Crime Unit, SWAT, was announced by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to replace the scrapped SARS.
But Nigerians were never going to trust the new bargain, thereby, calling for a holistic reformation approach to the Nigerian Police Operations.
The ENDSARS mantra became an inroad to many other demands which escalated to
heightened tensions across the country.
The lekki tollgate protest in Lagos State took a new tune with GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwoolu declaring curfew, probably on noticing that, the agitation had escalated.
Most disheartening piece in the whole lots was the shooting by suspected military on harmless protesters.
Multiple reports from Citizen Journalists and some eye witnesses have confirmed that several persons lost their lives.
Governor Sanwoolu of Lagos State in his Twitter account admitted that there were shootings. He also confirmed that a protester had lost his life with several people injured.
Despite no official statement has been made to confirm the number of casualties recorded in the lekki shootings, it is perceived that lives have been lost considering the heavy sound of guns that suggested the military attack on the unarmed civilian protesters.
However, members of the public including international communities have urged the president to make a Nationwide statement on the issue.
PRESIDENT BUHARI'S ADDRESS
It took the pressure from the four walls to persuade a seating president to speak on a crisis that have consumed Citizens and Properties.
When he managed to do so, it was a compendium of failed garbage from an alien ruler who widely neglect the shooting at Lekki.
Since his enthronement as president, his body language has promoted ethnicism and unfair treatments to the Nigerian Youths.
On the address delivered by a clearly warned out President on the protest rocking the nation, it was aptly disappointing and completely disconnecting from realities of the tragic occurrences in the country for the past weeks.
In Nigeria, to our heroes past, live means a lot. But to the next but disappointing heroes to go, live is meaningless.
In a civilized clime, the people come first and last.
President Buhari address is a pointer to poor leadership and a complete neglect of youths in the face of the Carnage and unrest witnessed lately in Lekki Toll Gate and many other parts of the Country.
A situation of that magnitude that have widely created global concerns Arising from the Human rights abuses currently ongoing in the country under his watch is a serious call for concern.
It is imperative to believe that the unrest as well as the killing of young people in the country, to say the least, not recognize by a man who millions of Countrymen see as a leader, is depressing and failure in empathy test.
People have remained in total shock on how he passed over the overwhelming violence in the Country in recent times.
Arguably too, President Buhari, as the Commander-in-Chief, was silent on the demand by Nigerians on the alleged involvement of the military in the gruesome killing.
In President Mohammedu Buhari's address he emphasized that, “The choice to demonstrate peacefully is a fundamental right of citizens as enshrined in Section 40 of our Constitution and other enactments; but this right to protest also imposes on the demonstrators the responsibility to respect the rights of other citizens, and the necessity to operate within the law.
Now, questions that have been asked rages from who ordered the shooting? Why? How many of such orders have been given to clean up the Sambisa forest marauded for over a decade by Bokoharam ?
Sad enough, his speech of mirage was a complete failure to the long waiting which eventually ended on a disappointing note.
From all indications, Nigerians are saying, It drifted out of the real situation and provided no concrete directions on how to arrest the failing situation to those vandals who have unleashed may harm on innocent Citizens.
From all angles looking at the speech, they also believe that no correlations between the main issues raised to inspire hopes for the Protesting youths since the endless wait for Buhari.
Families who lost their beloved are wounded by this emphasis.
They had waited for their wounds to be healed just with a word from the President.
But what they got was a further threat.
A restitution from President Buhari would have halted a perception and large outcry for his resignation.
Yet, it is seen that, the tortoise is hidden in his thick skin slowly crawling to take vengeance on poor and willing innocent Citizens.
Those who shot at the unarmed Protesting crowed at Lekki Toll Gate and many other parts of the country, may have heaped a temporary sigh of relief given the president glossing of the fundamental demands.
But they must understand that posterity awaits many of them who masterminded the Lekki Shootings as long as it is unfair to support any form of riot against the government.
For the youth, your hands are on the plough and don't look back.
It's obvious that, the President and other leaders in Nigeria are not willing to change their games and it's up to all of you to peacefully organize your demands and persistently push for it without creating crimes until those who are responsible for the good of the people hear you loud and clear.
