by By TheLumine Admin
The Special Adviser to the Cross River State Governor, Ambassador Calab Awatt, has called on youths of the state to stay off the nation wide protest billed to commence on the 1st of August, 2024.
The SA made this known in Calabar while addressing a section of youths who paid him a courtesy visit at his residence.
Mr Awatt expressed empathy towards the state of our nation’s economy, and noted that protest ordinarily should not be viewed as a problem but that the biggest issue will be hijacking the whole process.
The SA who previously was the Speaker of The APC Youth Parliament (1st Assembly) analyzed the ENDSARS protest which culminated into destruction of properties, theft, lost of lives and numerous ill-fated behaviors from most protesters, appealed to youths to desist from joining the protest.
He further cited another instance where the popular state owned newspaper corporation is yet to be revitalized, the then State library currently undergoing serious revamp and millions of naira already being sunk in to ensure it is fully revitalized to commence operation. He opined that such expenditure would go a long way to address needs in other grey areas such as human capital development, empowerment, etc.
Finally, he advised the youths in a general spectrum to shun irrational, uncalculated and politically driven form of protest and reassured them the readiness of the current administration to continually deliver dividends of democracy as a benchmark for THE SEASON OF SWEETNESS.
