How To Make The EndSARS Movement Work - Segun Oduyemi Says

I come from a very stricken era. A generation stricken by way of the equal machine that must pacify it. The recurring subculture of abysmal governance and failed political management in Nigeria driven by self-hobby and other primordial considerations, which take precedence over that of younger humans is deeply troubling. Beyond the on the spot needs to #EndSARS and #EndPoliceBrutality through youths is a stronger burden to END a system that suffocates young desires and brings to naught each try to attain the right Nigeria.
 
But the notion that protests by myself can bring about that perfect Nigeria, is illusory.
 
Hence, I am proffering my unsolicited recommendation (sponsored via historic classes) on how we will make the #EndSARS emerge as an efficient tool for rescuing our generation from this endless choke function.
 
Firstly, campaigns that succeed have to be flexible and much less predictable. For the #EndSARS marketing campaign to come to be more inventive, extra modern tactics except long marches, graffiti inscriptions, and hoisting of placards want to be inculcated to help the cause. The motion needs to (re)invent new maneuvers able to  incapacitating the gadget thru shock and disruption
 
Secondly, the campaign have to display team spirit and resilience in the face of inevitable repression and different hydra-headed challenges. This can simplest be performed with a strong organizational and management structure that imbibes and continues discipline thru and thru. If resilience is lost inside the movement, it really could be prone to being paralyzed by means of state of no activity or fractured via differences.
 
Thirdly, the marketing campaign needs a wider and numerous attain that is sustainable over an extended period. For it to be taken very critically and inferred some legitimacy, It must benefit the help of all age brackets, class distribution, ethnicity, and religious orientations of the united states of america. Sadly enough, with the #EndSARS movement, there seem to be very robust strains of distrust among young human beings from the southern and northern extracts of the u . S . A ..
 
Lastly, a non-violent marketing campaign can not do properly without flipping the help of individuals who serve the fame quo. What this indicates is that for the motion to paintings, it should pull the unwavering help of the pillars that assist maintain the vintage gadget. The strategy of the marketing campaign should be worked in such a manner that the religious gatekeepers, the navy, commercial enterprise moguls, civil society, bureaucrats should claim and act in allegiance to the motion.
 
To end this piece, I’ll use an nameless quote “Victory is greater risky than defeat“. Voicing our grievances and aspirations is no longer enough. Voting out an ineffective authorities is likewise no longer enough. Young humans need to begin getting fixated at the know-how of entrenching democratic establishments and restoring confidence in Nigeria, which to me are a whole lot harder duties. We saw in 2003 the devasting foray of the United States and Britain in Iraq. There has to be a plan for what comes after.
 
It is upon those Sacrosanct that the #EndSARS motion must paintings its speak otherwise it's going to simply be every other collection of futile exercises intending in infinite, disorienting loops.
 
©️ Segun Oduyemi, Lagos Nigeria 2020