The Federal Government has said that the planned nationwide hunger protests scheduled for August 1 to 10, 2024 is no longer necessary because the government is making frantic efforts to make food available and also address other economic challenges responsible for the current hardship in the country.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while addressing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting on presided over by President Bola Tinubu.
According to the minister, the government had started addressing some of the demands made by aggrieved Nigerians and making efforts to make food available.
“Many of the issues that those planning the protest are putting forward are being addressed. The government is making efforts to make sure that food is made available,” he said.
“Rice has been taken to various centres across the country, and it is being sold for N40,000. This is just the beginning and necessary first step. Other efforts are underway.
“There is so much investment that is going into the agricultural sector and we believe that as we move forward, the price of food will come down.”
He added: “The student loan is making sure that no youth that wants to go to school will be left out. By the time the CNG takes full course, the transportation issues will be resolved,” he said.
