Charles Oputa (aka Charly Boy) led hundreds of protesters to the
National Assembly yesterday to demand public disclosure of the budget of
the Federal lawmakers.
The protesters also demanded that immunity from criminal procedure
against the President, Vice President, governors and deputy governors be
removed from the constitutional.
Besides, the protesters, under the aegis of Office of the Citizen of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, backed the anti-corruption crusade of
the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
It insisted that all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs),
including the Legislature and the Judiciary, be subjected to the
Treasury Single Account (TSA) to curb wastages and corruption in
government.
To reduce the burden of governance, the protesters said the Senate be
scrapped with the controversial constituency intervention projects.
Charly Boy, who said corruption had robbed Nigerian youths of their
future, noted that death penalty should be introduced to check corrupt
public office holders.
The entertainer assured that his group would not relent in protesting
what he called the gross injustice against Nigerian youths until
positive commitments were obtained from the lawmakers.
He said: “I was happy that some youths are doing what young people
should do. I am just here to encourage them to take their rightful place
in the society.
“I have also advised them on the need to go back to the drawing board
and come out massively because this is a cause for the few men and
women of integrity left in Nigeria to come and speak out against this
oppression.
“I see that most of the youths these days are just handicapped by the
great poverty, unemployment and uncertainty of tomorrow. This is
because we have a government that does not work; we have a government
that cannot arrest corruption.
“I am here to encourage them because when next we come here, the
whole place will be filled up. This is a movement. I am telling young
Nigerians that if they do not do something about their future, their
future has been stolen.
“So, if you don’t fight to retrieve it, you will die for nothing in
this country. There will be nothing for you, if you don’t agitate.
“I am here to encourage that culture of agitation, the culture of
standing up for your bloody rights because nothing will change until you
do so.”