16/09/2026
SOME REASONS BEHIND THE “TINUBU MUST GO” CAMPAIGN
1. The removal of the fuel subsidy and the resulting economic pressure on households, workers, and businesses.
2. Rising prices of food, petrol, transportation, housing, and other essential commodities, and their impact on the cost of living.
3. Increased taxation, levies, and other charges amid continuing economic hardship.
4. The disparity between budgetary allocations and actual implementation and delivery of approved projects and programmes.
5. Persistent insecurity and concerns regarding the effective protection of lives and property across the country.
6. The status of campaign promises made in 2023, including concerns regarding promises that remain unfulfilled, partially implemented, or delayed.
7. Concerns regarding unemployment, poverty, economic opportunities, and the overall welfare of citizens, particularly young people.
8. Concerns regarding the effectiveness, transparency, and accountability of government policies and programmes introduced to address economic hardship.
9. Respect for the constitutional principle of separation of powers and the independence of democratic institutions.
10. The Rivers State emergency, including the suspension of elected state officials, and the resulting constitutional questions concerning federalism, democratic mandates, and the autonomy of elected institutions.
11. Allegations and concerns regarding the use of executive and state powers against opposition figures, political actors, journalists, activists, and government critics.
12. Concerns regarding the appointment and extension of the tenure of senior security and government officials beyond applicable retirement ages or prescribed service limits, including the elongation of the tenure of selected security heads after reaching their retirement periods.
13. Allegations concerning the misuse of state institutions and concerns about the weakening of constitutional checks and balances.
14. Insufficient or uneven improvement in basic public amenities and infrastructure, including electricity, roads, healthcare, water supply, sanitation, and public transportation.
15. The need for greater transparency and accountability in public expenditure, government contracts, borrowing, debt management, revenue collection, and the utilisation of public funds.
16. Protection and preservation of constitutional rights, including freedom of expression, freedom of opinion, peaceful assembly, association, political participation, voting, and the right of citizens to support or endorse candidates and political causes of their choice in accordance with the law.
