#FixPolitics, a citizens-led, research-based movement designed to structurally change and innovate politics in Nigeria and Africa has lamented that one year after the issues raised during the #End SARS protest by Nigeria youths are yet to be addressed.
Anthony Ubani Executive Director of the organisation said ” it is instructive to note that one year after the #EndSARS protests, none of the socio- economic maladies in our polity which compelled our youths to launch that peaceful protest have been decisively addressed. Instead, in a rather disturbing, insensitive and tone deaf development on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the
#EndSARS protests, citizens were treated to the horrific scene of a police officer extorting and brutalizing innocent citizens in Kogi State.
He said that #FixPolitics will continue to advocate for the single amendment to the 1999 Constitution to allow for a referendum. This is a critical first step towards empowering and giving a voice to Nigerian citizens – the voice which was denied the
“October 20, 2020 is a day that will forever live in infamy in the history of Nigeria and in the minds of her citizens. As Nigerians, our shared shock and horror at the bloody events of October 20, 2020 should not only strengthen the human chords of compassion for the suffering of our fellow Nigerians but it should, more importantly, lead us collectively to reaffirm our resolve to accentuate our demands for good governance and social justice,” he concluded
