FG has issued a contemporary safety alert hours earlier than the nationwide protest.
PoliticalNews Nigeria experiences that the Federal Authorities has raised contemporary safety considerations forward of the deliberate nationwide protest scheduled to begin on August 1, 2024.
In an announcement on Wednesday, the federal government expressed concern that bandits and insurgents could hijack the much-anticipated demonstrations.
“Authorities is weary of the risks related to protests which might be susceptible to being highjacked by bandits, insurgents and different criminals.
“Moderately, we request that dialogue must be superior, and we stay open to such,” Akume mentioned, insisting that protest is not the answer to the challenges, which the President Bola Tinubu-led administration is working to unravel.
“It’s within the gentle of those aforementioned conditions and accomplishments that we want to inform you that Nigeria is a piece in progress and due course, we will breathe a sigh of aid. The continued {economic} hardships would abate very quickly and we will all take pleasure in infinite prosperity.
“We, due to this fact, enchantment to Nigerians of no matter persuasion, perception, demography, gender, and standing to shun requires protest in opposition to starvation by prioritising peace and progress. For the avoidance of doubts, the federal government of President Tinubu recognises the suitable to peaceable protest however circumspection and vigilance must be our watchwords.
“Our enchantment is that Nigerians ought to please pursue the trail of peace, dialogue, and collaboration in addressing the challenges that collectively confront us. Please go about your authentic companies and keep away from actions and/or associations which might be able to disturbing the peace of the nation. Stay vigilant as properly.
“Let me reassure you that collectively, we will create a Nigeria the place peace and stability should not merely aspirations however realities, the place {economic} progress isn’t just a purpose however a tangible end result, and the place the goals of our persons are remodeled right into a shared nationwide future,” the SGF mentioned.
Akume added, “{Economic} prosperity for the nation stays the last word purpose of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as a result of it’s the engine that drives progress, lifts households from poverty, and builds sturdy, resilient societies.
“To attain this purpose, we should take pleasure in peace and stability as a result of it’s the cornerstone upon which we construct belief, cooperation, and shared function. When peace reigns, insurance policies yield outcomes, companies thrive, investments flourish, and creativity is unleashed.
“This administration, at inception in Could 2023, inherited an economic system in want of pressing, daring, and imaginative reforms. Coverage measures, together with the elimination of an unsustainable gas subsidy regime, needed to be taken. This, it have to be admitted has resulted in surprising changes that impacted all aspects of the economic system and our every day lives.
“The administration equally inherited a safety state of affairs that had existed for 20 years and required better consideration when it comes to improve of safety structure, infrastructure, methods, functionality and capability of personnel. This has compelled a large infusion of scarce sources from our already dwindling income.
“The goals have been to safe lives and property, construct international traders’ confidence, and improve meals production by returning our communities to their houses and farmlands in secure and safe environments.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu sought the mandate of Nigerians to guide the nation at this tough time as a result of he knew that efficient management was required to handle the challenges that had accrued over a number of years.
“That was why he sought to resume the hope of Nigerians. Inside an area of 14 months of purposeful management, the administration has recorded large accomplishments that laid the inspiration for the instant, medium, and long-term prosperity of Nigerians, in an inclusive method.”