By Abba Hamisu Sani
Africa-Press – Nigeria. Bring Back OurGirls movement. BBOG is one of Nigeria’s intense social media driven and females led actions.
It emerged in April 2014 following the abduction of 276 girls by the violent extremist group Boko Haram from government girls’ secondary school Chibok,
Different Civil Society Activist championed the cause with routine protest in Abuja the Capital City of the country .
Former Minister of education Professor Oby Ezekwesili is the Co founder of the movement while
Aisha Yusuf is also another prominent promoter of movement.
As a result of the pressure put on Nigerian Government .The Govern negotiated the released of
106 girls and reunite them with their families.
The End SARS Protest and its influence on Nigerian youth
Another protest that put more pressure on Nigerian Government is End SARS.
End SARS is a decentralised social movement, and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria.
The slogan calls for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police with a long record of abuse on Nigerian citizens.
The protest takes its name from the slogan started in 2017 as a Twitter campaign using the hashtag #EndSARS to demand the disbanding of the unit by the Nigerian government.
After experiencing a revitalisation in October 2020 following more revelations of the abuses of the unit, mass demonstrations occurred throughout the major cities of Nigeria, accompanied by vociferous outrage on social media platforms. About 28 million tweets bearing the hashtag have been accumulated on Twitter alone.
Solidarity protests and demonstrations by Nigerians in diaspora and sympathizers occurred in many major cities of the world.
The protests are notable for its patronage by a demographic that is made of entirely young Nigerians.
The movement has expanded to include demands for good and accountable governance, considering the unprecedented hardship in the country.
Will the Nigerian Activists and youths use the same spirit to vote for credible leaders in 2023?
Aisha Yusuf who is a renown activist during the time of bring back our girls and End SARS Protests described the Protest as a great weapon that change the mind sets of Millions of youth in Nigerian and shake Government . She Stated this during an interview with Arise TV recently.
Aisha Yusuf
Nigerian renown Human right Activist.
Aisha said she is now in collaboration with other mighty wing like Raveran Mathew Kuka are making Mobilization for mass registration of Voters and youth Participation in Politics ahead of 2023.
“The main success achieved during the End SARS protests is the emancipation of youth mind sets”
The activist added that the spirit of the protests and the mobilization that youth made through internet and Social media handles will surely reflect in the 2023 election.
With ban of SARS Nigerian youth understand that they can confront any bad situations and make change.
Now Nigerian youth are eager to participate in Politics. This can be described as a visible effect of the series of protest conducted under the umbrella of different Civil Society and human right activists.
Another impact is that allot of people now understand that Power belong to them and if use properly they can make Serious change during 2023 elections.
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