Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Sunday address Nigerians protesting against hardship across the nation. TheNewsGuru reports President Tinubu will not be going to protest grounds to address the protesters but rather they have been advised to tune in to their television sets, radios, and other electronic media outlets to listen to him......Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
It was gathered that the President will address the nationwide protesters via a TV broadcast at 7:00 am on Sunday.
According to Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) will broadcast the president’s address live.
It was further gathered that the broadcast will be repeated on the network services of the NTA and the FRCN at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm on the same day.
Meanwhile, some #EndBadGovernance protesters on Saturday said they will storm the streets of Lagos State from Monday to begin a new phase of the ongoing protest if government does not grant their demands.
One of the coordinators of the protest, Mr Hassan Soweto, a member of the Youth Rights Campaign, said this while addressing protesters gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park.
A a court order obtained before the start of the nationwide action had restricted all protests in the State to the park. The protesters would be defying the court order if they carry out the threat.
Soweto said protesters would cease occupying the park in Ojota and start marching through the streets if their demands were not met by Sunday night .
The activist said that they had since been restricted to the park, adding that they would take their march to Alausa, the seat of government, if government does not act.
He said there would be no protest at the park on Sunday, urging residents to go to their places of worship to pray for peace in the land .
Soweto called on the police to check the activities of suspected hoodlums, trying to cause problems at the park.
It was observed that the police barricaded the service lane on Ikorodu Road for the protesters, leaving the BRT lane and two other lanes for motorists.
It was also observed that there were more vehicles on the road on Saturday, compared to the low vehicular traffic on Thursday and Friday.
It was further observed that commercial activities have picked up in Ojota and environs as more shops opened for business.
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, was still on ground ,leading other security agents to provide protection for the protesters for the third day.
The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told NAN that no protester was arrested on Friday.
