Speak against protest, council urges leaders

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Professionals’ Council has called on traditional and religious leaders to lend their voices against the planned August protests, saying their wise counsels will help to halt the protest and bring stability in the country.

National Director-General of the Council, Dr. Seyi Bamigbade, while addressing reporters in his office, urged those behind the planned protest to drop the plans.

According to him, the Federal Government is doing all it can to address economic challenges in the country. He added that the various reforms carried out by the current administration will soon yield the desired result.

He said: “I urge our traditional and religious leaders to use their platforms to call on our younger ones who are planning to stage a protest to have a rethink.

“President Bola Tinubu has promised to take steps to address the country’s economic challenges, and I think we must exercise a little more patience. The recent approval of N70,000 minimum wage is one of these measures.

“While the advocacy and engagement to drop the protest continues, so that we will not end up having the type of violence happening in Kenya here, traditional and religious rulers must play active roles in saving the country from avoidable chaos. “Violence is no solution to the challenges we have at the moment, neither is protest a silver bullet.”