Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Occupy Kano Protest Resumes

Hello,

Below is a presentation of the happenings in Kano today:


As fuel subsidy removal mass protest enters its second day nation wide, the Kano grand coalition comprising of NLC, ASUU, CSOs, and Student union coalition, have in their meeting today restrategize to continue with the mass protest tomorrow wednesday the 11th of January 2012. Perhaps, the meeting was necessitated because of yesterday's unfortunate attack on fellow protestants by security personnel which led to the death of three and the unlawful shooting of many others. Though, the day was not without protest because some people staged it in different places.

OBSERVATIONS MADE:
In view of the massive turn out of protestants (assume to be up to 3 million people) unprecedented in the history of the state which consequently went out of control because of the inability to provide effective leadership which will give direction and entertainment to the protestants.

THE WAY FORWARD:
The meeting agreed on the following:

- NLC with the support of the coalition members will have to provide effective leadership

- Several committees comprising of mobilization, welfare, surveillance, tactical, and media were set up in order to ensure orderliness

- Placards carrying messages that promote harmonious coexistence will be displayed by the protestants

- Tomorrow's mass protest will be announced in the media and people will be stationed at strategic places for them to direct protestants to the agreed meeting point

- As people stationed at the meeting point, they will be led through gwammaja to kofar mazugal up to the federal secretarial, and then will be camped at the round about that will lead you to the airport where solidarity messages and entertainment will be delivered. We will stay there up to 6pm because of the unjustifiable curfew imposed by the state government

- On thursday, a different route from the labor secretarial will be followed up to kofar naisa where we will camp for the day

- On friday, we are expected to camp at the famous liberation square (silver Jubilee) from the labor house, and subsequently we will be moving to different strategic places within the state.

The rational behind camping in different places is to draw the attention of the general public on the subject matter under review because of the vastness nature of state.

Long live Nigerians in the struggle!

Let's go occupy Kano!
#occupy Nigeria#

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