Ighomuaye Lucky, reporting
Benin, Edo State
A civil rights group, Edo Civil Society Organisations (EDOCSO), has given president Bola Tinubu and his Vice, Kashim Shettima to resign within 14 days if they can’t address the hardship currently being faced by Nigerians.
The group made the call in a communique signed by its Interim TEC Chairman, Leftist Austine Enabulele and made available to newsmen in Benin.
Comrade Enabulele said having observed and analysed carefully the immediate and remote causes of the unbearable hunger and economic hardship in Nigeria today, they have discovered and concluded that it is as a result of the wickedness and ineptitude of the government of the day that doesn’t care about the welfare of Nigerian citizens, and as such, a departure from the social contract entered by president Bola Ahmed Tinubu on the 29th of May, 2023 when he took the oath of office.
Enabulele added that since the first day of taking over the leadership of Nigeria, the country had known no peace in terms of their daily living.
He said, beginning from the increase in fuel price till date, continuous rising of dollar that has affected everything in Nigeria including farm produce that comes from the local farms to our markets, this has made the saying that whatever goes up must surely come down an irony, considering dollar-naira exchange rate and suffering in Nigeria.
He added that with dismay, pain and agony, they have also watched Nigerians groan in pains even when they tried to assist as individuals from their own personal struggles, is still never enough, and this has led to the continuous rising of suicide being committed by Nigerians everyday because they can no longer bear the hunger and sufferings, women are turning to widows and men widowers, children becoming fatherless or motherless all because, parents can no longer bear the pains of watching their children suffering, as a result of not being able to provide a meal for their children.
He maintained that the federal government and president Bola Ahmed Tinubu has failed in his responsibilities and agreement reached with Nigerians, in Section 14 subsection 2b and Section 16 sub-section1b of the 1999 Constitution of the federal republic of Nigerian as such have made the following demands, that; As a matter of urgency, put in place all machineries to ensure proper market price regulations to end the current economic hardship in the country, all economic processes to give value to our currency be put in place.
He also demanded that a proper fair and citizens friendly policies be put in place to ensure economic stability in the country, all security measures to end insecurity be activated immediately just as he
said that If the legislators are not ready to legislate and live up to their responsibilities and hold executive to perform in line with the constitution, they should shut down the House and go home, before they begin a call back on all of them.
He said that failure for the president to meet demands, he is going to mobilize the members of the civil society on Tinubu/Shettima must go protest.
“We want to state clearly that failure for the federal government to swing into emergency action to end this Hunger and economic suffering In Nigeria within the next two week the President and his Vice should resign so we can elect a better leader, or we at Edo Civil Society Organisations (EDOCSO) will have no option than to mobilize other citizens all over the country on a Tinubu/Shettima must go protest, and we shall ensure a change in the leadership of Nigeria government to prove that indeed section 14 subsection 2a can be activated by any person elected into place of leadership”, Enabulele added.