The All Progressives Congress has called on parents and guardians to monitor their children’s movements to prevent them from being used to cause chaos in the planned nationwide protests.
The party’s National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, made the call at the 153rd meeting of the National Working Committee of the APC on Wednesday.
The APC appealed to protesters to shelve their plans, stating that the government’s policies aim to address challenges facing Nigeria, but may take time to yield results.
The party acknowledged that some demands are political and constitutional, requiring time to resolve.
Basiru emphasized President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to repositioning the economy and called for an emergency meeting of APC state chairmen to discuss the matter further.
The APC scribe said; “The NWC also noted that since coming on board in 2023, the Government met quite a number of challenges, especially economic challenges, and Mr President is gradually implementing programmes and policies that would in the nearest future, bring succour and relief to the citizens.
“The meeting also highlighted that most of the economic challenges are global issues, and can only be addressed after thorough brain-storming.
“The NWC also noted that some of the issues highlighted by the protestants are political, while others are constitutional matters that can only be addressed through the amendment of the constitution, which is ongoing at the National Assembly.
“The meeting, therefore, urged all those planning the protests to have confidence in Mr President’s unrelentless efforts at repositioning the economy, while assuring Nigerians that the challenges will sooner or later come to pass.
“The meeting urged parents and well-meaning Nigerians to monitor the movement of their children/wards so that they will not be used in causing chaos in the country.
“The NWC further called for an emergency meeting of Chairmen of the APC in all the 36 states of the federation for further discussions”.
