Tinubu bows to pressure,will Address Nigerians on Sunday Amid #EndBadGovernance Protests

By Eagle Eye News24

President Bola Tinubu has succumbed to growing calls for him to address the nation amid widespread #EndBadGovernance protests that entered its third day on Saturday. 

President Tinubu who has been in the centre of protests against economic hardship and high living cost that have reverberated across many  states in Nigeria and the nation’s capital Abuja will address over 200 million citizens on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 7:00 am, his spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said in a statement.

“Television, radio, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to plug into the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) for the broadcast.

“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,” he said.

Since the protests started on Thursday 1st August,2024, prominent Nigerians  have loudly called on him to address defiant youths who have taken to the streets to express their displeasure over the fumbling economy and the attendant hardship in the country.

Prices of food and basic commodities have gone soar over the months, as Nigerians struggle to survive in one of the country’s worst inflation rates and economic crises sparked by the government’s poor economic policies .

Eagle Eye News24 reports that the protesters have insisted that they will not back out until their demands are been met.

Some of the demands of the protesters include the restoration of petrol subsidies and the strengthening of the country’s currency. They also want the government to address high prices of food, unemployment and wasteful spending by those in power.

Other demands are reduction of the President’s cabinet and general cost of governance, immediate reforms of the electoral umpire INEC ,amongst others.