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With eight days to go, the planners of the nationwide protest are set to hit the streets against the crippling economic hardship in the country.
As the hunger protest movement gains momentum, with thousands of youths set to take action, national and state authorities have warned the organisers to tread softly.
In the same vein, leaders from the southern and northern parts of the country have also joined the government to oppose the plan.
State governors have cautioned against the protest, saying it is potentially dangerous.
And for the second time in two days, the minister of information and national orientation, Mohammed Idris, has appealed to the planners not to take the laws into their hands but to embrace dialogue.
He said while President Bola Tinubu’s government acknowledges every Nigerian’s right to engage in protests, it is equally committed to ensuring that these activities do not disrupt public order or violate the rights of others.
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