The ‘End SARS’ protesting youths has released a fresh list of ’26 demands’ President Buhari’s government must meet before they can call off the protests which is sweeping across Nigeria.
The protests which initially started as a campaign against police brutality has now metamorphosed into a conscious citizen movement against bad governance.
List of what Nigerian youths want the federal government to do before they can call off their protest;
1. End SARS
2. Sack security chiefs
3. Improve security
4. Full deregulation of the oil and gas sector to allow more investments for job creation
5. Immediate passage of PIB
6. Full deregulation of the power sector to allow investment capital flow to generate, transmit and distribute more power and create jobs
7. Should hands-off petroleum pricing to enable free-market determination of pricing
8. Close our northern borders to stop the free entry of Fulani herdsmen and bandits
9. Inclusive government for all tribes and regions of Nigeria with 50 percent youths in charge of governance
10. Allocate more funds to the education sector to provide better teaching tools and to pay better salaries to end ASUU strikes
11. Change our academic curriculum to reflect modern-day realities
12. All politicians should be placed on minimum wage to attract genuine public servants
13. Migrate to 100 per cent electoral reforms with electronic voting tied to our BVN and GSM
14. Return Nigeria to regional governance structure or restructure the country and embrace true federalism. States autonomy must be paramount.
15. Disband the bi-cameral legislature and adopt uni-cameral
16. Immediately reform Nigeria Police Force and let every state or region create its own police service.
17. No more budget for running private affairs of elected and appointed public servants
18. Enthrone university education as a minimum qualification for public office holders at all levels of government from the president to local government and ward chairpersons
19. Strip ex-governors and all elected and appointed public servants of all benefits after office.
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20. Increase salaries of our doctors, nurses, teachers, police, military officers, and civil servants
21. Government should hands-off ownership and management of businesses at all levels.
22. Name and shame looters and make criminal offenders, and looters face trial in their home states and villages to shame them and their families.
23. Stop foreign medical trips for public servants. Let them be treated here in Nigeria. When last did you hear an American President or a British Prime Minister visit Nigeria for medical tourism?
24. Reduction of senators salaries should be maximum 1M/2M because it is foolishness to been paying senators over 20M/30M monthly when poverty rate is high in the country.
25. Giving accountability of all funds and budget been spend annually through media presentation for the masses.
26. Failure to fulfill the amendment of the list requires by the NY/YDP, the president and it entire subordinate should tender their resignation letter through the media TV News/radio nation wide.
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