NASS protests don’t mean well for Nigeria

Our attention has been drawn to the activities of some people parading themselves as members of a civil society organization demonstrating in front of the National Assembly purportedly asking for the immediate resignation and/or impeachment of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, and linking him with the robbery at Offa, Kwara state.
Let’s face the facts, the protesters carried placards accusing the Senate President of having connections with the Offa bank robbery but they fail to acknowledge that leaders of the robbery gang had said that Saraki did not and has never sent them for the robbery.
What could be the reason for asking for his resignation? It is most unfortunate that despite the gruesome killings of Nigerians going on in Taraba, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Adamawa, Zamfara, Delta, etc.
and kidnapping all over the nation, the sponsors of the faceless group are not asking the right questions.
Killers went on rampage in Plateau State for as much as 7 hours without response from any security agency.
You are alive today, but you are not sure of being alive the next minute not due to nature or act of God but because of the menace of herdsmen who are continuously on a killing spree,” the group said.
It also asked “Perhaps, we need to ask; what is the value of a Nigerian life?” Nigeria has lost over 9 million jobs between 2016 till date.
Currently, Nigeria has over-taken India with a higher population, as the poorest nation on this planet earth.
This is saddening! The only arm of government asking pertinent questions on these burning national issues is the legislature.
It becomes obvious that sponsors of these orchestrated anti-democratic demonstrations are determined to regress Nigeria to fascism or totalitarianism and as such do not mean any well for the nation.
It becomes inherent that government should call these protesters, under-takers and never-do-well to order and as disassociate herself from these individuals.
However, we warn these individuals and enemies of democracy to desist forthwith as our coalition is determined to commence a mobilization of Nigerians in support of the National Assembly in line with the provisions of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Dr Gabriel Nwanbu, Abuja