Reno Omokri Cautions Nigerians Against Imitating Ongoing Revolution in Nepal
Reno Omokri has cautioned Nigerians against attempting to replicate the ongoing revolution in Nepal within the country.
In a social media post, Omokri recalled the massive destruction of property during the October 2020 EndSARS protests. He argued that many of those who fueled the unrest and destruction were not residents of Lagos, did not pay taxes there, and often hailed from states with far worse conditions than Lagos.
His post reads
Before They Deceive You Into Burning Nigeria Like They Are Burning Nepal
Please fact-check me: The Lagos State Government built the best forensic laboratory in Africa, and that facility was burnt to the ground, along with other multibillion Naira public infrastructure, during the #EndSARS protests.
Nigerian fashionThat was why MohBad’s autopsy had to be done in America rather than Nigeria, making us look like a big for nothing country.
Eighty BRT buses and several courthouses and police stations were also razed during that protest, and according to the Organised Private Sector, the damage to Lagos stood at $305 million.
The funny thing is that many of those who led the EndSARS protests in Lagos were neither from Lagos nor even paid taxes in Lagos. Interestingly, they came from states with a humongously worse government than Lagos State. Yet their states were left unharmed while they inflicted serious damage on Lagos’s economy.
And then last year’s Days of Rage protest inflicted damage worth ₦200 billion on Northern Nigeria, and almost destabilised Nigeria to the point where Russian flags were being paraded to instigate a Burkina Faso/Mali/Niger type regime change in Nigeria.
So think twice now that they are again instigating you to replicate the Nepal protests in Nigeria.
I have been to Nepal. Nigeria is a much better-governed space than Nepal. We are a politically stable and economically progressive country.
Nigeria is the only African country where five former Presidents or Heads of State live peacefully and work with the incumbent government via the Council of State. Before General Buhari’s sad death, there were six. Now, there are five, including General Gowon, President Obasanjo, General Babangida, General Abubakar, and President Jonathan.
And our economy expanded by $67 billion in just two years, moving Nigeria’s GDP from a ₦269.29 trillion economy on May 29, 2023, when Asiwaju became President, to ₦372.8 trillion today.
However, if these incidents of good governance are still not satisfactory and you want to replicate the Nepali protests locally, then please, by all means, start from your state of origin!”
