A coalition of civil soci – ety organisations in Edo State yesterday demanded the restoration of fuel subsidy, improvement in security, and that the country should revert to a single legislature, among others by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.

The group which includes African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ); Talakawa Republic; Take it Back Movement and Faculty of Peace Organisation, during a rally to the secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council, Benin City.

The coalition said the removal of fuel subsidy; insecurity and floating of the naira have made life very difficult for Nigerians. Speaking yesterday during the protest, the Coordinator, Take it Back Movement, Edo State, Dr Lawal Hafiz, said the coalition is demanding that the government restore fuel subsidy, improve on security, so that farmers can go back to their farms.

He also bemoaned the free fall of the naira and urged the government to restore the hope of the common man. According to him, “We are here to protest the current situation in Nigeria. People are really suffering.

We demand the restoration of the fuel subsidy. Insecurity has made it impossible for our people to go to farm and that is why you can no longer buy foodstuffs.