The Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) has condemned the ongoing scarcity of petrol and new naira notes across the country.
The Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) has condemned the ongoing scarcity of petrol and new naira notes across the country.
The group, in a statement signed by its interim chairman, Femi Falana, Monday said the currency and fuel crises constitute a great challenge to economic survival of ordinary Nigerians.
The group threatened a nationwide protest if the Nigerian government fails to proffer an urgent solution to the crises.
Falana tasked pro-democracy organisations to wade in to save the country of possible anarchy, state terrorism and arbitrary repression of the masses.
He also charged the Nigerian government to prosecute anybody found hoarding the new naira notes and making life unbearable for ordinary Nigerians.
The statement reads: “The federal government has unleashed untold hardship on the masses of Nigeria by the unprecedented scarcity of the naira, fuel scarcity and skyrocketing rise in fuel prices. Fuel and currency scarcity is inexplicable and unacceptable.
“The federal government has shirked its obligation to guarantee the security and welfare of the Nigerian people as provided under Section 14(2)(b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended.
“Sporadic peaceful protests have erupted throughout the country expressing the deep displeasure of the masses. There is an urgent need for leading human and pro-democracy organisations to provide leadership in canalising the energies and anger of the masses in order to give the protests direction and prevent anarchy, state terrorism and continued arbitrary repression of the masses.” (Ripples Nigeria)
