Emir of Zazzau: Youths should be patient… protest not the solution

Ahmed Bamalli, the Emir of Zazzau, says Nigerian youths should exercise patience with the federal government and shelve the planned nationwide protest.

Bamali spoke in Abuja on Thursday after a meeting of traditional rulers with President Bola Tinubu at the State House.

The Emir said Nigeria will soon regain its leading position in Africa.

“The message we are taking back to our people is to be calm, exercise patience, and also listen to the words of wisdom coming from the government,” he said.

“The president has given us the blueprint of what he has been doing over time, and we are hopeful that by God’s grace, it will be alright.

“Though we have made it very clear to him, the main problem in this country, especially the north, is insecurity.

“If the security situation is addressed, certainly people will go back to their farms, and the issue of hunger will drastically reduce and disappear.

“There’s nobody that will not be worried about the protest in any place in the world, and we have seen what has happened in other countries and governments were brought down.

“As an ex-diplomat, I have seen what happened in other climes and that is why I am in the position to say what happened in other places.

“So, we are calling on our people to exercise patience and to listen to the words of wisdom. We are very optimistic Nigeria will bounce back to its former position as the leading country in Africa.”