A Lot Of Young People Join #EndSARS Protest Because It Has Become Fashionable – Bello Shagari

Bello Shagari, grandson of the Former President of Nigeria, Sheu Shagari has stated that a lot of young people join the #Endsars Protest because it has become fashionable and popular.

The young man made the statement in a Facebook post, asserting that many young people sympathize with the demonstration despite having little knowledge of the socio-political system.

Young people, he believes, should focus less on protests and more on mobilizing others to “achieve a shift in the entire political system, or to transform our current circumstances, or at the very least to be in charge of them.”

He wrote: “A lot of the young people who identify with the#EndSARS protest are doing so because it has become fashionable. It has become a thing of show off; that everyone is now an activist. Whereas most of them have little understanding of the socio-political system.

“However, my advice has always been that we should not focus too much in protests when we can do better by mobilizing young peoples’ votes to achieve a change in the entire political system, or to change our present realities, or at least to be in charge of them.

“We must adopt a more progressive and strategic approach rather than the usual disruptive one which hasn’t yielded any meaningful results. You can’t be doing the same thing and expect a different result.

“Use the same energy and reinforce it into a political power at the polls.”