{"id":6482,"date":"2020-10-17T08:41:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T08:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6482"},"modified":"2020-10-17T08:41:29","modified_gmt":"2020-10-17T08:41:29","slug":"endsars-protest-osibanjo-apologises-to-nigerians-says-states-to-set-up-victims-support-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/?p=6482","title":{"rendered":"#EndSARS Protest: Osibanjo Apologises To\u00a0 Nigerians\u00a0 &#8230; Says, States to set up Victims&#8217; Support Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">#EndSARS Protest: Osibanjo Apologises To\u00a0 Nigerians\u00a0 &#8230; Says,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">States to set up Victims&#8217; Support Fund<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Zainab Tanimu<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kaduna, North-West, Nigeria<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Vice president of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerians of safety.\u00a0 In his apology, the\u00a0 federal government he said has put machineries in place to address issues raised with regards to injustices said to have been meted on Nigerians by the already disbanded officers of SARS.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The federal government is seting\u00a0 up Victims&#8217; Support Fund to take care of victims of any misfortunes. He assured.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This was made known in his address to the nation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Full Text:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Dear Nigerians,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I know that many of you are angry, and understandably so. We could\u2019ve moved faster and for this we are sorry.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I fully understand how many young people feel. Many feel that we have been too silent and have simply not done enough.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">These feelings of frustration are justified.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There are far too many people who have been brutalised at the hands of the police and this is unacceptable. We must take responsibility for protecting young people, even sometimes from those who are paid to protect them.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Over the past week, we have been following the protests, and I have had a number of discussions with key people in the administration that you deserve to be informed about. Transparency, after all, is a key tenet of government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Several meetings have been held with: the Senate President Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, Speaker of the House Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman of the Police Service Commission, the IG of the Nigerian Police (IGP), the Executive Secretary of National Human Rights Commision Nigeria, and governors.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We understand that you want to see action from us and I\u2019m here to tell you that work is ongoing. I chaired a meeting of 36 state governors and the Minister of the FCT (NEC), where we resolved to set up judicial panels of inquiry so we can see justice served, and fast.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The reason being that only state governors, by law, can set up judicial inquiries in their states. The hearings will be public.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">With Mr. President\u2019s approval, SARS has been completely disestablished, and none of its former members will feature in any police tactical units.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I am sending my deepest condolences to the families of Jimoh Isiaq, and all those who have lost their lives at the hands of wayward police officers. To those injured, I wish a full and speedy recovery.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We have proposed that each state government sets up a Victims\u2019 Support Fund, which the Nigerian Government will support. This is the least that we can do to compensate for the injustice suffered at the hands of errant officers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We also understand that the issues that you\u2019re raising are bigger than just SARS. They\u2019re deep and systemic and we\u2019re undertaking comprehensive measures that will revamp the police by addressing issues of welfare, service conditions and training.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On Monday, Mr. President also reiterated his commitment to these extensive police reforms.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">We will continue to update and engage with you all on these action steps and the ones to come, in the spirit of transparency, so that you can hold us accountable. We are, after all, here to serve you and we owe you a duty to win back your trust.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Keep safe. God bless you.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">*Prof Yemi Osinbajo,SAN,*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">*Vice President,*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">*Federal Republic of Nigeria.*<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">*16-10-2020.*<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#EndSARS Protest: Osibanjo Apologises To\u00a0 Nigerians\u00a0 &#8230; Says, States to set up Victims&#8217; Support Fund Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, North-West, Nigeria The Vice president of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has assured Nigerians of safety.\u00a0 In his apology, the\u00a0 federal government he said has put machineries in place to address issues raised with regards to injustices said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>#EndSARS Protest: Osibanjo Apologises To\u00a0 Nigerians\u00a0 ... 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