A coalition of northern youth groups has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to as a matter of urgency intervene in the ongoing arraignment, detention, and prosecution of underage #EndBadGovernance protesters nationwide. It described the actions as inhumane and condescending.
The Founder of Yan-Almajiri Endowment Initiative and BoT Chairman, Coalition of Northern Youths Groups, Yahaya Mohammed Usman made this appeal in a statement in Minna. Usman decried the ill-treatment and traumatic state the minors looked, insisting, “they look very sick and are wriggling in pain on the floor of the court.
Earlier, in August 2024, the Coalition had called on the federal and state governments to grant amnesty to protesters arrested across the country to avoid further waste of scarce resources. The Group also urged President Tinubu and northern state governors to establish a N250bn Endowment for Technical and Vocational Training in all Islamiyya Schools across Northern Nigeria to help them get rehabilitated and reintegrated.
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