As the day of the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest draws nearer, some residents of Rivers State have called on Nigerians to join the fight to demand for their rights and bring solutions to the challenges the whole country is facing.

In the same vein, some well-meaning citizens of the country have noted that the protest is not gender-biased and as such everybody should be involved.

Speaking with Kristina Reports on Saturday, July 27, 2024, in Port Harcourt, a legal practitioner, Princess Azubuike-Chuku, affirmed her support for the protest, stressing, however, that it should be free of violence to avert the experience of the #EndSARS protest.

“I think the protest is just a demonstration and it’s good. Although there might be some form of violence which ordinarily shouldn’t be.”

“It’s not a riot, it’s a protest. We don’t want what happened in the end SARS where several lives were lost to repeat itself.”

Azubuike-Chuku, who observed that there is no guarantee that the protest will be violence-free, advised that caution should be applied.

“Especially the women, I know the women are delicate but women are powerful so they should be involved. We’re only encouraging violent-free protest.”

Speaking also, a civil servant who preferred anonymity, said the situation is tiring and so the protest should take place.

“Every person should be involved in the protest because we are tired of the situation of things in Nigeria. We need to end bad governance oh.”

“It’s high time we stopped the rubbish in Nigeria. Government is really using us o. They should do a peaceful protest. No life should go in for it. It’s because people are always highjacking protest in Nigeria, it’s not supposed to be so.”

Speaking also, a resident of Okrika in Rivers State, Tamunosiki David, however, said there is no need for the protest as things have remained unchanged from time immemorial, adding that if for any reason, protest wants to take place, then everybody should get involved.

“I think the people it bites harder is the women, they are the ones in the market place and in businesses. They are the ones who experience the force of inflation.”

Another concerned citizen, who did not want the nomenclature to be mentioned, said that the protest should go on and if the women wants to be involved, they should let them be.

“Nobody should disturb the women, let them come out and say their mind. Let them say what they are passing through in the market and in their homes as regards the prices of goods in the economy. Everybody is feeling the heat.”