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Most Nigerians the #EndBadGovernance protest scheduled to kick off nationwide Thursday, a TIMES poll conducted across social platforms has shown.

Mostly, young Nigerians are organising the protest to express their displeasure about the rising cost of living, which is believed to be a fallout of the government’s economic policies.

TIMES poll shows that more Nigerians the protest than are against it.

The poll was conducted via this newspaper’s s on two social media platforms to survey readers’ stances on the planned protest.

It ran for three days between 26 and 28 July and six days between 26 July and 31 July.

The respondents were asked on both social media platforms: “Are you in of the nationwide protest?”

They were given two options: A – Yes and B – No.

Poll results on Social Media

Most s who responded backed the protest.

Of the total 4,173 s that responded to the poll, 3,255 s — representing 78 per cent — voted “yes” to the protest.

Only 22 per cent, that is 918 respondents, voted against it.


Poll results on Facebook

On Facebook, 1,006 responded to the poll as of Wednesday.

Of the respondents, 81 per cent – 816 of them – voted in of the protest.

On the other hand, 19 per cent, or 190 respondents, voted against the protest.


Protest

The protest is driven by citizens’ displeasure with the government’s handling of the fallout of its economic policies, which have caused an astronomical rise in the cost of living in the country.

The Nigerian government has spoken against the protest and cast the organisers as people driven by political interests.

Some religious organisations, professional groups and traditional rulers have urged the protesters to shelve the protest plan.

On Wednesday, on the eve of the protest, the government’s reaction took on a tone of appeal, with the Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF) George Akume urging the organisers to shelve the protest to give time to address their concerns.

The protesters’ demands have been as varied as the diversity of the protest organisers.

Many issues beyond the core rallying point have been added to the wish lists of the protesters.

TIMES collated some of these demands in posts and flyers shared by s on various social media platforms.

The demands range from economic hardship, reforms, and the enthronement of a credible electoral system to ability and justice in the country.

The Nigerian constitution guarantees the citizens’ right to peaceful protest.

https://www.timesng.com/news/headlines/719034-most-nigerians--endbadgovernance-protest-poll.html

The truth is this istration has successful remove the middle class...
After removing money for transportation and feeding, majority of the populace are ash faced, they have continued to weaponized poverty,
even Big Industrialists are having a hard time.... "Any Society where politics is the highest paying career is doom for failure"

I do not it

We are all feeling the pain so I'm not surprised that 70% Nigerians ed the protest.

Your power is nothing if your people cannot afford quality education
Your power is nothing if your people cannot feed
Why you keep deceiving the people my brother my sister

JEWELofHELL:


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Hunger is VERY BAD.

The simmering issues are still underneath.The water is always troublesome underneath. The oppressors will never see it coming.

JEWELofHELL:
■ https://www.timesng.com/news/headlines/719034-most-nigerians--endbadgovernance-protest-poll.html

Your government is more afraid of the Northerners than it is of the Southerners. It is for this reason that it has been massively bribing people up there with free money and free food in the last month.

Even zombies it

Just say they must zombeify at all times

But in their true minds they need someone to help them tell their god that "Ebi npa wa ooo"

TIMES poll shows that more Nigerians the protest than are against it.

Maybe they're all IPOB people according to Agbado miscreants

JEWELofHELL:


https://www.timesng.com/news/headlines/719034-most-nigerians--endbadgovernance-protest-poll.html

Mikano boys have reactivated their whatsapp group. Welcome yo losers. How is Atiku?, is he leading the protest in Adamawa?. Lol

-Kiss the truth!

COMRADES, before kno? 80% of us

Lol

So as they claimed majority before the election. Afi most Nigerians indeed

TimeManager:

Mikano boys have reactivated their whatsapp group. Welcome yo losers. How is Atiku?, is he leading the protest in Adamawa?. Lol

-Kiss the truth!

He is better than your father who born fool like you.. You are not a son but second to a dog

Protest but do with sense. I hope our aboki bros dont figure out a way to unleash the anger on a group of southerners. That's their stock in trade.

Normal

My happiness is that the current economy is run by our so called most educated tribe. From President, to Army , Police, EFCC, immigration, Customs, CBN , FIRS etc na them. Just one year body to tell all man. Last last most Educated don turn most educated Olodos.

Protest will go on whether urchinns like it or not.

Say no to bad Governance.

Our governor in Niger state....... Is a bastard...... He deny us our constitutional right to protest...... They instruct security personels to shot directly at protesters...... What a shame... In Niger state...

We Igbos saw this and warned you People
So this protest doesn't concern us

7xjf

I don tell ma wife and children
If i no come back

I fought for them

me


U see protest
I go protest

This protest has been tamed but I foresee a protest that will revamp this country, it won't be a staged or prepared protest

There's no reasonable and rational Nigerian that is against this protest only few fóolish idîotic noneñtities are against it. God punish whoever that is against this protest.

Utanisco:
I don tell ma wife and children
If i no come back

I fought for them

me


U see protest
I go protest

Adieu bro🕯

You will always be ed.

Please send me your wife's number. I will help you take care of her

Here in plateau, there is no life yet in the protest. Just few people with placards and banners with flags.
The armed forces are not happy with the dull face of the protest. They feeling sleepy already. The protesters should make it lively or go home.

Hmm...

It is more like most Nigerians acknowledge that BAT and the apc have failed in the basics of good governance.

But given the threat by the government to use force to stop the protests and its covert and overt threat of genocide to a particular ethnic group, most sane Nigerians do not want a protest.

Ok

LIES FROM THE PIT OF HELL!

MOST DON'T IT!

THE MARKETERS WHO WON'T BE SELLING!

THE EMPLOYEES WHO WON'T BE GOING TO WORK!

ONLY THOSE WHO LOSE THE LAST ELECTION AND A FEW OTHERS ARE IN OF THE NONSENSE!