President Tinubu Is Not Against Protests, He Is Against Any Potential Violence – Mohammed Idris

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris has come out to explain why the Federal Government opposed planned protests over prevailing economic realities in Nigeria.

He recently had his say when he received the Charismatic Bishop Conference on a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the President Bola Tinubu-led administration surely acknowledges the rights of every Nigerian to engage in protests, but the government is equally committed to ensuring that these activities do not disrupt public order or violate the rights of others.

He added that the President is not an opponent of protest of any kind, but an opponent of violence.

His words, “You see, the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu believes in everyone’s freedom within the laws to do what he thinks is right for him. Therefore, the President is not an opponent of protest of any kind but the President is an opponent of violence and anything that will negatively hamper the wellbeing of Nigerians. He believes and he has always been saying that within the tenets of democracy, you have every right to do whatever you want to do provided that right does not infringe on another person’s right.

Why everybody is very cautious and very weary of this national protest is because we have seen what has happened around the world. We know that it’s almost impossible to hold this protest and then have peace at the end of the day. We cannot do that because some people are waiting to take the laws into their own hands

But beyond that, there is also another new policy that the President has formulated, which will begin to be seen very soon and that is that all young men and women who have finished universities and polytechnics and have certificates and have done their mandatory NYSC and have not been able to get jobs, will have something from the government to keep them afloat until the time they get jobs.”