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A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has warned President Bola Tinubu that he cannot win against Nigerians in the ongoing nationwide protests.
She stated this while reacting to Tinubu’s failure to address the situation.
Ezekwesili opined that no leader has ever won against their people.
The former vice president of the World Bank’s Africa region stated this via a statement on social media.
She explained that “when a people tell their leaders that they are hungry and angry because you have governed them badly, the wise thing to do is not to shut them up, threaten, taunt and brutalise them thereby demonstrating a tragic empathy deficit syndrome.
“The wise things to do are listen, listen, listen. Persuade with factual counterpoints.
“Present convincing plan of action.
“Mobilise the people to ‘Arise and Build!’,”
Ezekwesili, who also served as a minister of Solid Minerals, said the Nigerian President, the National Assembly, and state governors and their state assemblies still have an opportunity to do the right thing.
She said they can “use it (opportunity) as the golden moment of opportunity for a reset of Nigeria being offered by our citizens and launch a credible National Conversation on the Most Effective Structure and Direction for Good Governance at all levels for productivity, competitiveness, prosperity, justice, equity, equality, order, peace, harmony, stability and resilience.”
She also said they can “come out to the protest grounds all over the country and engage your citizens, hear them express their demands to you directly.”
She warned them, “not lock yourselves away behind the High Gates of your publicly-funded State and Government houses enjoying indulgent lives while your citizens are crying out in pain from the severity of economic hardship. Come out.”
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