Dr. Ade Dosunmu Urges FG to Make Oct 20th National Youths Day.

Dr. Ade Dosunmu, a public policy expert and Lagos stakeholder, has urged Nigeria’s federal government to declare October 20th as National Youths Day in order to honor the unarmed youths who died as well as those who condemned in peaceful protest the harassment and brutality meted out to the youths by Nigeria’s now-disbanded police unit, Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS).

The Lagos stakeholder condemned those indicted by the judicial panel’s report on the killings and brutality at the Lekki Toll Gate, saying that only a national day to commemorate the day would honor the youths and their noble course.

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“Officers of the Nigerian Army shot, injured and killed unarmed helpless and defenceless protesters, without provocation or justification, while they were waving the Nigerian Flag and singing the National Anthem and the manner of assault and killing could in context be described as a massacre,”

According to Dr. Ade, every 20th of October should be designated as a day for governments across the country to listen to the yearnings of the youth.

Dr. Dosunmu expressed condolences to those who lost loved ones in the Lekki massacre and praised the Lagos Judicial panel for making the truth about what happened that fateful day public.

He said “I call on the government of the day, to bring this matter to a conclusive end by making the perpetrators and all those involved in this carnage, no matter how high up, face the full wrath of the law and take immediate steps to implement the recommendations included in the report.”

“I further propose that October 20th becomes commemorated as The National Day of the Youth, a day set aside by the government, at all levels, for town hall meetings to listen to the demands of her teeming youths.”

The labours of our heroes past must not be in vain and the blood of our youth, our future, must not stain our streets and our hands.”