Tinubu appeals to youths to shelve hardship protests

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pleaded with youths planning to embark on the nationwide protest against hunger and hardship to shelve their plan.

The minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this after a meeting with President Tinubu on Tuesday, July 23. Idris said measures were already ongoing to address the challenges and all their concerns.

Tinubu asked the youths to await his government’s response to all their concerns and complaints.

He stated: “We also discussed the issue of the country generally and Mr. President has asked me to again inform Nigerians that he listens to them, especially the young people that are trying to protest.
“Mr President said he listens to them and takes what they say seriously, and he is working assiduously to ensure that this country is good not just for today but also for the future.
” Mr. President does not see any need for the planned protest and he has asked the youths to shelve that plan and await the government’s response to all their pleas, he has listened to them.”

Idris mentioned the passage of the new N70,000 minimum wage and approved grains and rice for state governments as some of the ongoing interventions by Tinubu’s government.

Meanwhile,supporters of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, were accused of sponsoring the planned nationwide protest. Presidential aide Bayo Onanuga said Obi’s supporters are angered that their candidate lost to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He listed other sponsors, including renowned political economist Pat Utomi and former Lagos governorship candidate Babatunde Gbadamosi.