Clement Ekong 
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has commended members of the #EndBadGovernance protesters.
for conducting themselves in the most respectable civil manner while pressing home their demands for good governance and better life for the citizens of Nigeria.
Fintiri stated this Sunday afternoon in a State wide broadcast to the citizens said “we can safely say our people have harken to our calls for calm and the situation is peaceful, where there are pockets of protests, the protesters are a minority,
According to the Governor, even though, the protest might be unpopular especially with the way and manner it is carried out in some states across the country, the message is clear and the demands are genuine.
“None of us can deny the fact that there is hunger and general poverty in the land, this has been made worse by the harsh economic realities, a deficient policy direction and the insensitivity of the national government to engage the citizens civilly”, the Governor stressed.
“As leaders of the people, we must at all times not only listen but act, adding the lesson we must derive from the protest is the constant reminder that it is not enough to tell the citizens, “We have heard”, we must be seen as doing the needful in providing solutions to citizens’ concerns”, he stated.
Fintiri maintained that for the past four days of the protest regime, “I have gone round, especially the State capital, and can see the level of trust we have mutually developed hence the confidence to come out, move freely and officially inspect ongoing projects.
The Governor while appreciating the citizens for the show of support, noted it has rekindled his resolve to do more and continue to serve the people, stressing further that, “I have seen love, I have equally seen genuine affection that knows no bounds at a time when the situation is rancorous in other climes”.
As a government, we don’t really need a protest to remind us of this sacred responsibility, we are doing our best to cushion the effect of your hardship as well as being conscious of the disturbing youth budge with a growing unemployment rate that is alarming.
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri also told the citizens that so far, the State Government have received 35 trucks, out of the 65 trucks of fertilizers allocated to the state by the Federal Government, adding state government has equally procured 69 more trucks, procured 123,381 kg of rice seed, 5000 cartons of assorted herbicides and other inputs.
He assured that soon, we shall Flagg off the sales of this fertilizer and the other inputs at a subsidized rate of 50% to intending farmers while the selling point is going to be at the ward level under a high power committee, to ensure the last mile is reached.
