Economic Hardship: APC Begs Nigerians To Shun Protest 

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has appealed to Nigerians to shun the planned protest against the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government slated for August 1-10.
The party’s National Secretary, Senator Surajudeen Basiru, made the appeal on Wednesday in Abuja while briefing journalists at the end of the 153 meeting of the NWC.
Senator Bashiru urged Nigerians to have confidence and belief in the ability of the present government to address the economic challenges facing the country.
“The APC has joined President Tinubu to passionately appeal to those who are planning protests to shelve their plans and have confidence and belief in the government to address most of the economic challenges facing the nation,” he said.
The APC National Secretary noted that upon assuming power in 2023, the President Tinubu-led government met quite a number of economic challenges, adding that the president was gradually implementing programmes and policies that would, in the near future, bring succour and relief to the citizens.
Senator Bashiru, however, said that most of the economic challenges confronting the country were global issues and could only be addressed after thorough brain-storming.
He said that some of the issues highlighted by those planning the protest were political, while others were constitutional matters.
According to him, the issues could only be addressed through the amendment of the constitution, which was ongoing at the National Assembly.
He, therefore, urged those planning the protests to have confidence in the President’s relentless efforts at repositioning the economy, assuring that the current challenges would soon come to pass.
Senator Bashiru also urged parents and well-meaning Nigerians to monitor the movement of their children and wards so that they would not be used to cause chaos in the country.
He disclosed that the party’s chairmen in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had been called for an emergency meeting for further discussions on the issue.