One year not long enough to judge present administration, says Akpabio as Senate begs Nigerians to shelve protests

 

Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, has urged aggrieved Nigerians to shelve the planned nationwide #Endbadgovernance protests, which are billed to start on August 1 (tomorrow).

 

Akpabio made the plea after a closed-door session of the Senate on Wednesday.

 

According to him: “The Senate in a closed-session deliberated on issues bothering on its workings in particular and the National Assembly in general.

“The Senate particularly reviewed the current situation as regards the impending protest slated for August 1 and accordingly urges that one year is not long enough to judge the present government.

“One year is not long enough for the policies being implemented by the current administration of President Bola Tinubu to yield the desired results.

“The Senate urges the protesters to give the government more time to address their demands considering the measures being put in place to ameliorate the situation in the country.”

He highlighted some of the steps as the signing of the National Minimum Wage Act, the sale of crude oil to local refiners in Naira, and the implementation of Students Loan Act.

Others, he said, are the assent recently granted to the South-East and North-West Development Commissions bills passed by the National Assembly to further address developments at the grassroots.

According to Akpabio, the Senate would not hesitate to enact necessary laws to bring relief to the people.