#EndBadGovernance President Tinubu to address Nigerians on Sunday, August 4th.

According to a statement from his spokesman Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu, who has been at the center of protests against high living expenses and economic hardship that have echoed throughout Nigeria's 36 states and the capital Abuja, will address more than 200 million people on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 7:00 am.

Television, radio, and other electronic media outlets are instructed to connect to the network services of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) for the broadcast, according to a statement made public by Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential media adviser.

Ajuri further mentioned that the broadcast will be aired again that day at three o'clock and seven o'clock on the NTA and FRCN network services.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the opposition, and Tinubu's rivals in the previous election, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, have strongly urged him to speak to the defiant youths who have taken to the streets to voice their discontent with the faltering economy and the ensuing hardship in the nation since the protests began on Thursday.

Food and basic commodity prices have skyrocketed in recent months as Nigerians deal with some of the greatest inflation rates in the nation and economic issues brought on by the government's dual objectives of petrol subsidy removal and unification of forex windows.

The 10-day #EndBadGovernance protests against economic hardship were organized on social media and entered their third day on Saturday. Resilient youngsters continued the demonstrations, demanding that Tinubu fulfill their requests.

The demonstrators' demands include the reinstatement of the currency regime and fuel subsidies. In addition, they want the government to deal with unemployment, food shortages, wasteful spending by those in power. Additional demands include cutting back on the President's cabinet and overall government expenses, as well as immediately reforming the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Ethics Commission of Canada (EFCC) to combat corruption in politics with greater vigor.

In Kano, Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Jigawa, Nasarawa, and other states, the protests turn violent as renegade thugs took advantage of the situation, setting cars on fire and robbing private stores and warehouses. Police denied that any of the deceased were slain by security personnel, although they did say that seven people died in situations related to the protests.

Tear gas was used by police to disperse protestors up to Day 3, despite the protests' condemnation by civil society organizations.

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