BREAKING: Tinubu Begs Youths to Shelve Hardship Protests, Gives Reason

• President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sent an important message to Nigerian youths planning to embark on a nationwide protest
• Tinubu urged the youths to shelve their hunger and hardship protests against his administration
• The minister of information, Mohammed Idris, said Tinubu was addressing the challenges and all their concerns

Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering metro and government policy.

FCT, Abuja - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked 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, Daily Trust reports.

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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. The issue of the planned protest, Mr President does not see any need for that, he asked them to shelve that plan and he has asked them to 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, Nigerian Tribune reports.

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Legit.ng recalls that the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore said Nigerians and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government should count them out of the planned nationwide protests.

The national president of the association, Abdullahi Bello Bodejo, said Miyetti Allah prefers peaceful dialogue over mass protest.

Obi accused of masterminding protest

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that 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.

Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.

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