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Tinubu meets APC governors as nationwide protest against hardship looms (Video)

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July 25, 2024

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently meeting with the Progressive Governors’ Forum (PGF) at the State House, Abuja.

This is coming days before a planned nationwide strike over the economic hardship sweeping through the land.

The removal of subsidy on petrol and the unification of the foreign exchange rate have led to spiralling inflation.

There have been reports that the protests will commence in the first week of August.

The Chairman of the PGF and the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, led the team of governors to the President’s office, along with the Chairman of the Nigeria’s Governors Forum, Governor Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman of Kwara State.

Also sighted was the reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shuaibu; Bassey Otu of Cross River; Benue State Governor, Fr Hycinth Alia; Uba Sani of Kaduna State and Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi, amongst others.

The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu and the ministers of Finance and Budget & Economic Planning, Wale Edun and Abubakar Bagudu, respectively, were also seen arriving at the President’s office.

The ongoing meeting is coming after an earlier meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), which held on Wednesday evening, and follows the cancellation of the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting, earlier scheduled for noon Thursday.

“The people that are sponsoring this protest have not even told us the reason why they want to protest. It's too early for this”
– Gov. Hope Uzodinma pic.twitter.com/P7JsbayeIj
— Peter Obi Grassroots Mobilization. (@PO_GrassRootM) July 25, 2024