Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Edo State on Tuesday took to the streets of Benin, demanding the restoration of fuel subsidy, improvement of security, revert to single legislature among others by the Bola Tinubu administration.

The protesters caused traffic gridlock on the ever busy Mission Road and its adjoining streets.

The coalition who moved from the Kings Square (Ring Road) chanted solidarity songs while bearing placards with different inscriptions: ‘restore fuel subsidy’; ‘we are hungry’; ‘end insecurity,’ among others.

The coalition, which included: African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ); Talakawa Republic; Take it Back Movement and Faculty of Peace Organization, during their to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State council secretariat, Benin City, lamented that the removal of fuel subsidy, insecurity and floating of the naira have made life very difficult for Nigerians.

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Speaking, Take it Back Movement coordinator in Edo State, Dr Lawal Haifz, said they were on the streets to demand that restoration of fuel subsidy, improve on security so that farmers could go to farm.

Haifz also bemoaned the free fall of the naira and urged government to restore the hope of the common man.

According to him, “We are here to protest the current situation in Nigeria. People are really suffering. We demand the restoration of the fuel subsidy. Insecurity has made it impossible for our people to go to farm and that is why you can no longer buy foodstuffs.

“We don’t need the Senate and House of Representatives at the same time .The money spent on the two House can go a long way to take care of Nigeria needs. The so called minimum wage cannot even buy a bag of rice . There is extreme hunger.”

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Also speaking the convener of Faculty of Peace Organization, Comrade Kelly Osunbor, said the Nigerian political class are just being wicked. He queried where the money distributed to voters during the Edo State Governorship election on the 21st of September came from ?

“They tell us that there is no money,where did they get the money shared to voters during September 21 election came from? Just calculate the #10,000 to #20,000 distributed to voters ,and they said there is no money. These guys are just being wicked. My father hoped for better Nigeria,he is dead now. He did not see a better Nigeria. Today we are hoping for a better Nigeria.

“Government does not provide anything. We sink our own borehole and the fuel God has given to us freely is what they are using to punish us. Let me tell you that they are calling for revolution. If a parasite goes into its host, it will never stop until it finishes the host,the Nigerian political class is like a parasite..They are calling for revolution,and they must get revolution. We have tried BEVAS,it did not work, we have tried IReV,it did not work. We have tried Athahiru Jega, that one did not work. So,the only thing they will hear is revolution.” He said.

The coalition moved from the Kings Square (Ring Road) chanting solidarity songs while bearing placards with different inscriptions like. ‘Restore fuel Subsidy’, ‘We are hungry”. ‘ End insecurity ‘ among others and caused traffic gridlock on the ever busy Mission Road and it’s adjoining streets.