Forum of  Ex Councillors Mobilises Against Planned Protest 

Forum of  Ex Councillors Mobilise Against Planned Protest 

The National Forum Of Ex-Councilors Of Nigeria has resolved to mobilize against the propose national protest by some disgruntle people scheduled August 1, 2024 across the country.


The forum at a press conference in Kaduna through its national president Hon. Ambassador Awal Hassan Kasim observed with dismay and reservations that majority of those behind the national protest are enemies of democracy, who are being sponsored by those against fuel subsidy removal, promoters of insecurity in the country and anti-local government autonomy elements as well as losers in the last 2023 general elections.

He bemoaned unregulated national protests and likened as ill-winds that does not blow any good to any body 
Ambassador Awal Hassan Kasim who described the forum as the umbrella body of all elected former councilors commended   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for restoring local government autonomy to Nigeria.

He lauded the government for providing 150 day Tax free initiative for the importation of husked rice, beans, corn, wheat and millet in to Nigeria .

He opined that the gesture will drastically reduce the prices of food items across the country and reduce the numerous cases of insecurity in Nigeria because a hungry man is an angry man
Ambassador Awal Hassan Kasim implored all state governors to emulate the federal government and import their own quantum of basic food items like rice, bean, wheat, millet and flour into the country so as to enhance food availability in abundance.

On their methodology of truncating the nationwide protest, he said the forum as the touch bearers of grass root politics will engage critical stake holders and civil society organizations to prevent the protest and also engage the government on the need to embrace national dialogue by way of town hall meetings to for stall future agitations for distractive national . 


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