The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has warned parents to ensure that their children don’t take part in the upcoming protest on August 1.
The protest has been planned by some angry Nigerians to press home their demands from the federal government to address the current economic hardship in the country.
The protest, the magazine reported will span 10 days, according to the organisers who have released their demands to the federal government, amongst which is the scrapping of the 1999 Constitution and the sack of the Senate, Nigeria’s legislative arm.
The ruling party is not well disposed to the protest, saying it will cause the breakdown of law and order in the country.
Bashiru who addressed journalists after after the party’s 153rd National Working Committee, NWC, meeting, on Wednesday urged the protesters to have a change of heart as the Tinubu administration is already addressing their concern.
Parents, he said, should monitor the movement of their wards to ensure that they don’t take part in the protest, which he described as ‘political’.
President Tinubu, according to him has started laying the foundation for the prosperity of the country, the APC scribe said, adding that his party’s programmes will bring ‘reliefs to the citizens.
he said, “We, therefore, urge all those planning the protests to have confidence in Mr President’s unrelentless efforts at repositioning the economy, while assuring Nigerians that the challenges will sooner or later come to pass.
“The meeting urged parents and well-meaning Nigerians to monitor the movement of their children/wards so that they will not be used in causing chaos in the country.”
Not a few Nigerians have blamed the administration for bringing untold hardship to the country through various austerity measures it has introduced, including the removal of fuel subsidy and the deregulation of the foreign exchange market.
The Tinubu administration has pleaded for time to address the problems.
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Wicked people, you people are destroying the country and yet didn’t want the citizens to register their anger by mere protests.
What are you criminals so afraid of if people want to protest?
It is our foundamental right to protest if the country is being destroyed by the people elected to safeguard it