President Tinubu fails to address our concerns – Deji Adeyanju

Protesters have vowed to continue after President Bola Tinubu’s speech on Sunday, saying he failed to address their concerns and demands.

The protest which started on Thursday across the 36 States of the country and the Federal Capital Territory has crippled business activities, with motor parks, shops, markets shut. Commuters could not ply road which has been heavily manned by security with life became brutish for Nigerians.

Tinubu’s Sunday speech to the nation followed pressure from various quarters on the need for him to tell Nigerians their expectation since they have made good their words to embark on protest, particularly the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP which urged the President to address protesters on their demands and warned that the nation should not be allowed descent into anarchy.

A foremost Nigerian activist and participant in the ongoing protest, Deji Adeyanju said, they were willing to engage government in the coming days, and doing that he said, will make the protest successful.

He said, the protest was not politically motivated as President Tinubu claimed in his address to the nation, insisting that government must dialogue with protesters.

“There should be a national dialogue with protesters. The president should be sincere. All politicians should be ready to make sacrifices and stop collecting pay. It’s ‘operation saves Nigeria from total collapse”.

“The president’s claim that the protest was politically motivated was wide off the mark.

“This is the only way the protest can be highly successful. We must learn from EndSARS. President Tinubu should listen to the people and meet their demands. The voice of the people is the voice of God.