EndBadGovernance: Address the demands of the youths – Musician Bongos Ikwue tells Nigerian Govt

One of Nigeria’s celebrated musicians, Dr. Bongos Ikwue connected Monday appealed to authorities and persons successful enactment positions to code the demands of protesting youths and the masses.

Reacting to the conscionable concluded #EndBadGovernance protests, Ikwue pleaded that authorities should beryllium wide successful accepting some the protesters and their actions arsenic portion of the checks-and-balances of democracy.

“Nigerian leaders should beryllium alert that determination is simply a paradigm shift; modern time Nigerians person evolved to putting their leaders to task – a departure from docility,” helium stated, noting that “bad governance is not constricted to authorities but besides to our homes, communities, organisations, spiritual organisations, and associations”.

“Everyone successful presumption of enactment to code the demands of protesting youths and the soundless affected masses including local, authorities and national governments should beryllium wide successful accepting some the protesters and their actions arsenic portion of the checks-and-balances of democracy,” helium added.

Ikwue besides disclosed his willingness to collaborate with authorities astatine the local, authorities and national levels to prosecute the youths meaningfully and effectively.

Noting that the information of the youths tin beryllium utilized to foretell the aboriginal of the country, helium stressed that Nigeria’s young colonisation should beryllium appropriately counselled, reasonably provided for, and decently guided and monitored.

The instrumentalist stated that it is evident that determination is hardship successful the country, which helium said tin beryllium traced to summation successful substance pump terms since astir activities successful the state are hinged connected the usage of premium centrifugal tone (PMS).

He truthful empathized with Nigerians, arsenic good arsenic the government. Ikwue noted that Nigerians person been grappling with hunger, insecurity, convulsive attacks astatine location and connected the farms, inefficient healthcare system, and inadequacy of each sorts.

Ikwue, successful the aforesaid vein, appealed to the youths to sheathe their swords and “cultivate the civilization of tasking their brains to deliberation retired pragmatic, yet simple, solutions to challenges facing america arsenic individuals and collectively”.

He advised youths against resorting to unit oregon giving country to agents of demolition erstwhile calling the attraction of authorities to their grievances.

The vocalist chided youths who judge successful taking amerciable routes to get wealth, admonishing them to exploit the galore opportunities and resources disposable successful the society.

He besides advised the authorities to instrumentality definite measures to code the hardship successful the country.

“Parts of the solutions suggested to mitigate hardship successful the state are reducing the request for PMS by embracing CNG-powered vehicles, electrical vehicles, gathering of recharge/filling stations for these vehicles; affordable wide transit strategy (tricycles inclusive); enactment to foundation shops wherever foodstuff would beryllium sold astatine little prices; enhanced nationwide hi-tech information architecture (particularly of ungoverned areas); meaningful younker empowerment programmes; purposeful enactment training; and concerted disposable efforts astatine stamping retired corruption wrong authorities and citizens,” helium said.

Ikwue besides appealed to authorities to unfastened up an businesslike connection mechanics for amended communal knowing of its programmes and the feelings of the public.

EndBadGovernance: Address the demands of the youths – Musician Bongos Ikwue tells Nigerian Govt