Nationwide protest: Kaduna residents shun protest

Kaduna State residents did not take part in the nationwide hunger protests hence residents were seen going about their normal businesses.

Our correspondent who monitor the situation reports that most areas in the Kaduna metropolis were peaceful, while calm business activities were ongoing with traders seen in their shops transacting their businesses.

Areas visited as at Thursday morning includes, Ungwan Sarki, Doka, Malali, Tudun Wada were peaceful with commuters freely plying from one location to the other.

Also a resident of Sabon Tasha, who identified himself as Mukhtar Isa, a graduate of Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, speaking with our correspondent said, “there is no need to protest when government is sincere with policies that has human value, but which may take time to mature.

“It is important Nigerians should be patient with the present administration which is barely a year. To start protest now, to me, amount to mischief and self-serving”, he said.

When our correspondent visited a shop at Barnawa, the environment was calm with traders in their open shops commending the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani who they said promptly intervened in the planned protest by way of sharing palliatives to youths and women groups across the three senatorial districts of Kaduna State.

Drivers and motor park workers in Ung Muazzu, Kabala and Ung Rimi were not left out in commending government Uba Sani for his intervention when he engaged various youth organizations and women groups, urging them to back out of the planned protest.

According them, protest will only end up in anarchy and destruction of properties, hence, they were not ready for the protest.

Meanwhile, they were pockets of protesters mostly underage who carried placards with inscription, “we are hungry”, who could be seen in an area of Lugard Hall roundabout, Rigassa and Badiko.

It is recalled that Thursday 1st has been declared as a day of rage, depicting massive protest against hunger in the administration of President Bola Tinubu.