{"id":126678,"date":"2024-08-03T09:08:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T08:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-govts-failure-to-stop-protest-caused-massive-damage-sam-amadi"},"modified":"2024-08-03T10:16:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T09:16:15","slug":"nigerian-govts-failure-to-stop-protest-caused-massive-damage-sam-amadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-govts-failure-to-stop-protest-caused-massive-damage-sam-amadi","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian govt\u2019s failure to stop protest caused massive damage \u2013 Sam Amadi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has said the Nigerian government\u2019s failure to abort the ongoing nationwide protest has caused massive damage.<\/p>\n<p>Amadi in a post on his X handle on Friday said the government had three weeks to abort the protest through good communication and respectful engagement with citizens.<\/p>\n<p>The former Executive Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, said the government instead resorted to mobilizing thugs and paying people to speak against the organizers of the protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment had three weeks to abort this protest through good communication and respectful engagement with citizens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it resorted to mobilizing thugs and paying people to speak against so called organizers. Now government failure has caused massive damage,\u201d Amadi posted on X.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi, has said the Nigerian government\u2019s failure to abort the ongoing nationwide protest has caused massive damage. 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