Protest: Vice Chairman begs for calm even as Ikotun remains peaceful

The Vice Chairman Ikotun-Igando Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Mojisola Badmus, has pleaded with youths to remain calm and embrace dialogue as the way forward towards solving their agitations in the country.

Badmus, on behalf of the council's Chairman, Lasisi Akinsanya thanked the people of the LCDA for not coming out to protest and for believing in the government of the day.

She said that the council was working together with the people for the good of the community as their representative in ensuring that they feel the positive impact of the government.

"We have been ensuring that the dividends of democracy gets to the footsteps of every dweller and citizen of the LCDA.

"I appreciate them for believing in us and for appreciating the peace that we are able to provide in the community," the vice chairman said.

Badmus said that it was too early for any protest to hold because the government was just barely a year and a month in office to turn things around.

"I beg the youths of Nigeria to calm down because destruction will only lead us backwards, destruction cannot bring forth anything positive in Nigeria and will only make the economy worse.

"The amenities that are being destroyed are things that we are clamouring not to have and then when we destroy the ones in ground, it means we are going back.

"I plead with youths to exercise more patience and go the way of dialogue because in other states the protest has been hijacked leading to looting, burning,and loss of lives," she said.

The vice chairman urges youths to be more productive and supportive of the government to creat a positive impact in the economy instead of depending solely on the government for everything.

"The youths should limit their dependency on the government. The government cannot do it all and surely needs the support of the youths to ensure that the economy of the country grows.

"We should be more productive, exercise patience and desist from being used by unscrupulous elements in the society to disrupt the harmony in the country," she said.

It could be recalled that Irepodun Market, Ikotun was locked on Thursday, the day of the protest and no shop opened following the directive of the market authority as a result of the protest.

However, by the following day, the market had resumed activities and business had returned to normal even though the protest was being carried out in other areas of the state.

One of the market representative, Mr Shola Momoh, said that there was no protest in Ikotun at all.

Momoh said that there had been series of meetings with the council secretariat and that traders had been briefed to go about their businesses as usual.

"Ikotun has remained peaceful and security personnel are on ground to ensure law and order but we thank God that there has been no protest in our jurisdiction," he said.