Nigeria: Shedding the Toga of 'Lazy Nigerian Youths'

30 October 2020

Chiemelie Ezeobi writes that for an unplanned protest, the organisational strategy of the #EndSARS protesters ranging from logistics to funding, emotional support and legal representation, helped shed the toga of 'Lazy Nigerian Youths'

"Is this the birth of a New Nigeria? Can our youths sustain this show of accountability and organisational strategy?" Those were some of the burning questions that emanated from the two-week long #EndSARS protest against police brutality and bad governance. The reason for those questions was because of the top notch organisation of the youth, even though the protest was not pre-planned.

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