All Progressives Congress (APC) Professionals Council has called on traditional and religious leaders across the country to lend their voices against the planned demonstration across the country slated for August 1, saying their wise counsels will go a long way to halt the protest and bring stability in the country.
The National Director General of the Council, Dr. Seyi Bamigbade who gave the advice on Thursday while speaking with newsmen in Lagos urged those behind the planned protest to drop the plans.
According to him, the federal government is going all it can to address economic challenges in the country, adding that the various reforms carried out by the current administration will soon yield the desired result.
He therefore appealed to leaders of the two prominent institutions to use their revered offices to help in fostering peace in the country by appealing to Nigerians to instead join hands in rebuilding the nation instead of embarking on demonstrations that will benefit no one.
He said, “I also want to use this opportunity to our traditional and religious leaders to use their large 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 nation’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 not the solution to the challenge we have at the moment, neither is protest a silver bullet, “he said.
