Senator Ali Ndume wants President Tinubu to address the planned nationwide protest over economic hardship using dialogue.
Ndume gave the advice on Monday ahead of the planned protest billed for August 1 across the country.
According to the lawmaker, talking with the organisers who are mostly youths would help in dousing the tension and avert the planned demonstrations.
“I think the President should talk to Nigerians, talk to the youths,” the lawmaker who represents Borno South said on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.
His comment aligns with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)’s charge for President Tinubu to dialogue with the leaders of the planned demonstration.
In a statement on Monday, the labour union said Tinubu should invite the leaders of the planned protest and listen to their grievances.
“As the date for the widely reported national protest looms, the Nigeria Labour Congress urges President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to invite the leadership of the protest movement for discussions on their grievances,” the NLC president Joe Ajaero said.
