President Bola Tinubu is currently holding a meeting with traditional rulers in the country, in the bid to avert the planned nationwide protest.
The meeting is taking place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The royal fathers were led by Muhammad Abubakar III, Sultan of Sokoto, and Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife.
The reason for the meeting is said not ot be known but reports say it is part of ewffort by the Federal Government to dissuade the youths from embarking on the protests billed for August 1 to 10, to express their displeasure over the economic hardship in the country.
The president has held meetings with different stakeholders over the planned nationwide protest.
Tinubu met with governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
State governors have urged residents not to partake in the protest.
The United Nations (UN) has also warned that there are possibilities of certain groups with ulterior interests hijacking the protest which may lead to violence.
Vice-President Kashim Shettima; Nuhu Ribadu, national security adviser (NSA); Wale Edun, minister of finance and coordinating minister of the economy; and Atiku Bagudu, minister of budget and economic planning, also joined Tinubu at the meeting with traditional rulers.
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, governor of Kwara and chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), and Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo and chairman of the Progressive Governors’ Forum, were also seen joining the meeting.
