The Progressives Governors Forum, a partisan organization of the All Progressives Congress, has appealed to Nigerians to shelve the planned protest against President Bola Tinubu’s government, scheduled for August 1-10.
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, Chairman of the Forum, made the appeal after a closed-door meeting with governors in Abuja on Wednesday.
Uzodimma cited challenges such as insecurity, national minimum wage, food security, and economic recession, stating that the current moment is not wise for demonstrations, according to Politics Nigeria.
He advised young Nigerians not to be instigated into causing chaos and invited those supporting or instigating protests to discuss and agree on issues, urging citizens to take ownership of the country and show patriotism.
“He said, “We think it is not wise at this moment for any demonstration by any group of persons be it in whatever guise.
“This is so that we can manage the challenge of insecurity, the challenge of national minimum wage, the challenge of food security and then the struggle to come out of the current economic recession.
“We are using this opportunity to also advise our young boys and girls to desist from being instigated into causing crisis or chaos in the country.
“Already, Nigerians have suffered a lot; the global economic recession, the insecurity in Nigeria, the political tension occasioned by instigations and campaign of calumny by opposition parties, the social media attacks on various policies of government.
“We want to advise for the interest of the country and as a show of patriotism, our citizens must take ownership of this country because we have no other country we can call our own outside Nigeria”
