Take-It-Back Movement (TIB), a prominent civil society group, has issued a strong declaration, announcing a nationwide mass protest set for this Friday.
The protest is a direct response to what the movement labels as the “anti-people” economic policies of the President Bola Tinubu administration, specifically highlighting a harsh tsdDaxation regime and the wave of controversial evictions and demolitions, with the recent Oworonshoki incidents in Lagos serving as a major rallying point.
The TIB statement accuses the government of deliberately worsening the economic hardship faced by Nigerians through aggressive revenue drive policies, which critics argue function as additional taxes on essential goods and services.
The movement asserts that while the administration claims its economic reforms—such as the removal of fuel and electricity subsidies and the unification of the exchange rate—are necessary to save the country’s finances, the subsequent high inflation and new levies have pushed millions into deeper poverty.
The protest aims to demand an immediate reversal or significant modification of these measures to alleviate the soaring cost of living.
Beyond the economic crunch, the demonstration is fueled by outrage over the forced displacement of citizens. The recent Oworonshoki demolition in Lagos, which left thousands of families homeless, is central to TIB’s mobilization.
The group has condemned the demolitions as illegal and inhumane, stressing the traumatic impact on residents who were often given little to no prior notice or provision for resettlement.
This issue is being framed as a broader assault on the housing rights of the poor and a demonstration of governmental impunity towards the less privileged.
TIB is rallying citizens across multiple states to converge on major protest locations, including key convergence points in Lagos, Abuja, and other state capitals.
The movement is coordinating with various human rights and pro-democracy groups to ensure a widespread and coordinated demonstration of public dissent.
Their demands include a full, transparent audit of all demolition exercises nationwide, immediate compensation and resettlement for the displaced Oworonshoki residents, and a significant rollback of tax-related policies that compound the economic distress of the average Nigerian household.
By uniting the protest under the banners of economic justice and housing rights, the Take-It-Back Movement is signaling a major escalation in civil resistance against the current administration, transforming localized grievances into a formidable nationwide confrontation with the government’s dual policy focus on revenue generation and infrastructure development.
The outcome of the Friday protests will be closely watched as a gauge of the public mood and the government’s responsiveness to civil society demands.
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