The All Progressives Congress (APC) governors have urged protesters to engage in dialogue with the government instead of proceeding with their planned demonstrations against the administration of President Bola Tinubu. During a closed-door meeting, the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) emphasized the importance of managing the nation’s current challenges, such as insecurity, economic recession, and food security, through collaborative efforts rather than protests.
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, the chairman of the PGF, highlighted the need for unity and patriotism, urging citizens to avoid being instigated into causing chaos. He invited those planning to protest to discuss their grievances directly with the government to find amicable solutions.
“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 advice 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 campaigns 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”
Uzodinma said that the people who were supporting or instigating groups of people to protest, “we don’t know what they are protesting for.
“We invite all of them to sit down with us in a room so we can discuss and agree on the issues, what they are and proffer solutions.
“We as a body, we are committed to the uniy of the country, we are committed to whatever thing that makes Nigerians live better lives, bring prosperity, jobs to be created for young boys and girls who graduated, to be employed.”