Shelve planned protest – FG begs Nigerians

The federal government has appealed to Nigerians to shelve the planned nationwide protests against bad governance in the country scheduled for August.

The appeal was made by Information Minister Mohammed Idris, who briefed State House correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday.

Idris said Tinubu urged the organisers of the protest to shelve the plan and await the President’s response to their complaints.

“The issue of the planned protest, Mr President does not see any need for that. He’s asked them to shelve that plan. He’s asked them to await the government’s response to all their pleas,” the minister said.

The protest against economic hardship, which is gaining attraction on social media, has been scheduled to hold in all the 36 states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, starting from August 1.

Thefrontrank reports that the prices of food and basic commodities have gone astronomical in last one year.

Nigerians are currently battling one of the country’s worst inflation and economic crisis sparked by the government’s twin policies of petrol subsidy removal and unification of forex windows.