By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia –
Members of Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), has suspended sitting for this week to return home from Monday, in order to persuade their constituents not to join the planned nationwide protest.
The Lawmakers are to visit their constituencies, engage their people and persuade them on the resultant effects of the protest and the need not to participate on the protest for peace and national development.
The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Danladi Jatau, stated this while reading the assembly’s resolution under matters of public importance brought by Hon. Mohammed Garba Isimbabi, Member Representing Toto/Gadabuke during the House proceedings in Lafia, Monday.
The Speaker directed Honourable members to go home and appeal to their constituencies to shelve protest and support government policies and programmes at all times.
“Protest is not the solution to the challenges facing the nation, there is the need for dialogue and peaceful resolution on the challenges facing the country”
“Let’s go back to our various constituencies to talk to our people not to join the planned nationwide protest scheduled for August 1 to Aug.10, 2024. We need peace and development in Nasarawa State and in Nigeria” he said
The Speaker also called on the sponsors of the protest to shelve their actions in the interest of peace and for the overall development of the country and embrace dialogue.
Speaker Jatau, commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Gov Abdullahi Sule, for their efforts in alleviating the suffering being faced by Nigerian as a result of fuel subsidy removal in the country.
In their various contributions, Hon. Peter Akwe, Hon. Onarigu Kana, Hon. Musa Abubakar Ibrahim, Hon. Solomon AKwashiki, Hon. Larry Ven Bawa, Hon. Esson Mairiga, Hon. Hudu A Hudu, Hon. John Ovey, Hon. Daniel Ogah Ogazi, Hon. Ajegina Kudu and Hon. Luka Zhekaba among others unanimously agreed to go back to their various constituencies to persuade their people not to join the protest.
They said that the protest would do more harm than good in the country, as such they called on the government to create more jobs and empowerment for Nigerians as well as do the needful for societal development.
