FCT, Abuja – Senator Barau Jibrin, the deputy senate president, on Monday, September 30, appealed to the leaders of the planned October 1 protest to shelve the demonstration.
Senator Jibrin made this appeal via a statement in commemoration of Nigeria’s 64th independence celebration slated for Tuesday, October 1.
The statement was signed by his media aide, Ismail Mudashir, and obtained by TimesNow.com.ng.
The Kano All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain insisted that President Bola Tinubu is working hard to put smiles on the faces of Nigerians.
His statement partly reads:
The statement added:
Meanwhile, TimesNow.com.ng reported that the October 1 planned nationwide protesters asked President Tinubu to return the subsidy on petrol.
The return of petrol subsidy has been one of the obvious demands of young Nigerians who took to the streets in August to protest the economic woes confronting the country. The same youths are planning another protest slated for Tuesday, October 1.
Proofreading by James, Ojo Adakole, journalist and copy editor at TimesNow.com.ng.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
