Former Kaduna Senator, Shehu Sani, has said the peaceful protest embarked on by Niger residents in Minna on Monday was a message for President Bola Tinubu-led administration.

Vanguard recalls that women and youths flooded the roundabout in the Pkakungu area of Minna to express their grievances over the economic hardship they are grappling with.

Some of the protesting men blocked the road, disrupting vehicular movement, as efforts by the police to stop the demonstration were abortive.

It took the intervention of the Deputy Governor of the state, Yakubu Garba, who addressed them for normalcy to return to the city.

Reacting to the incident, Sani, on his X account said the protest was a call for immediate impactful measures to address the epidemic poverty in the country.

The ex-federal lawmaker also disclosed that peaceful demonstration is within the scope of the rights of the citizens. 

“The protest in Minna, Niger State against the high cost of living falls within the ambit of the right to peaceful dissent,” Sani wrote.

“Protest against the cost of living was also done in other European cities experiencing economic pains. “The protest is simply a message and a call for immediate and impactful measures to address the problems of the epidemic of poverty in the country,” he added.

[Vanguard]