The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele on Tuesday said President Bola Tinubu’s administration won’t listen to the cries of Nigerians if the planned August 1 nationwide protest fails to materialize.
Primate Ayodele who spoke in a statement issued by his media aide, Tosin Osho described the planned protest as a wake-up call for Tinubu, senators, and state governors.
The renowned cleric, however, said President Tinubu’s administration had not done enough to curb hardship and hunger in the country, noting that the only way the government could feel the pains of the people was through protest.
He said: ‘’The protest is a wake-up call for the government, it is not a solution but it will make the President, governors, and senators wake up. It will be a form of check and balance.
“This government has not done well to reduce the hardship in the country. Nigerians are tired but I won’t encourage protest, but there is no way this government will listen if such doesn’t happen.’’
He called on protesters to be peaceful in their approaches and avoid violence in order not to put the country in a state of anarchy.
‘’I also want to urge protesters not to put the country into a state of anarchy; they should be civil and peaceful in their approaches to the government,” he added.