Nigerian Youths will tomorrow 11-11-11, make a landmark history by going on Hunger Strike and Peaceful Protest against government's plan to remove fuel subsidy in the country come January,2012.
According to the President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Wale Ajani, the campaign is necessary "Given that the youth (persons under 35) accounts for 70% of Nigeria’s population, representing about 98 million people. While most are illiterate and live in rural areas, all of us are disadvantaged and disillusioned. We (the youth) are the endangered specie in this equation".
"Therefore, the hunger strike is a peaceful protest the Nigerian youths are engaging in to show their displeasure and shock over the planned demonic removal of fuel subsidy. Nigerian Youths are saying they are already hungry and going on a hunger strike to protest is no issue if that will help solve their problems. It is painful to imagine the untold hardship the fuel subsidy removal will cause Nigerians. Nigerian youths are standing together on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year 2011 to say NO to Fuel Subsidy Removal"
But how well will this campaign go in influencing government's decision on the removal of fuel subsidy, considering the initial Wednesday arrest and release of Wale Ajani by the State Security Service in Nigeria?
Comments are most welcome.
The Minister of Youths and Social Development Mr. Bolaji Abdullahi in a presentation to the Senate Committee on Youths and Women Affairs yesterday also lamented what he described as the negligible return on the annual N43 billion expended on the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme.
