Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Simon Lalong has revealed that efforts are being made to prevent another #EndSARS Protest.
According to the Chairman, the political and traditional leaders of the northern states met and took this decision to engage in dialogue with the leaders of the protests.
He added that the protest was not wrong but became violent when hoodlums took over.
Below are the revelations he made.
“We came out of the meeting with very useful suggestions and a communique.“In that meeting, we all agreed to go back and continue engagement particularly addressing issues from #EndSARS because we are also trying to avoid the second wave of #EndSARS.
“We want to address some of those issues that are on ground, to prevail on people not to engage in destructions. Because the #EndSARS protest was hijacked by hoodlums which led to several destructions.”.
“Nobody is saying that initially, the protest was wrong. But the fact that it was hijacked by hoodlums to destroy public and private properties was a matter of great concern.
“What we are trying to do is to get back to the drawing board and close the communication gap between the leaders and the led. So that there will be no #EndSARS again.
“So, what we intend to do is to provide opportunities by engaging the youths so that they will be taken off the streets.”
