Benjamin Kalu, the deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the planned nationwide protest against bad governance slated to hold between August 1st through 10th.
Speaking on Arise TV on Thursday, the Abia lawmaker urged the Nigerian government not to allow the demonstration to take place, saying that the protest would spread across Africa if it eventually held.
Kalu disappointment that Nigerian youths want to imitate smaller countries like Kenya by planning the nationwide protest.
“Why the news about the protest got to the highest point at the moment is because Kenya had an outing.
“Kenya is a smaller country compared to 240 million people. Kenya is a small country compared to Nigeria. We can’t be taking examples of this kind of ugly outing from countries like Kenya.
“I don’t mince words. I said it on the floor of the parliament. They (Kenya) should copy from us. They should copy that when policies are laid down, these policies take time to mature for implementation.
“And we should show them that there are non-kinetic approaches to the resolution of issues rather than conflict, coercion, and crisis.
“Why are we the bigger brothers in Africa if we do what lesser countries do? What example are we giving to them?
“If we carry on with this protest, a lot of other smaller countries would be involved because Nigeria has done it. We would not be doing only this nation a disservice; the subregion would go into chaos as well as Africa as a continent.
“We have to think about those who are watching us as their big brother and look at where the solutions lie,” Sahara Reporters quoted him as saying.
