From Victor Osula, Abuja
The Federal Government, through the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, will on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, hold an emergency meeting in response to a planned nationwide protest slated for August 1.
This comes after President Bola Tinubu pleaded with the organisers to shelve the protests and give his administration more time to execute people-oriented programmes.
Sources with knowledge of the meeting indicated that all the Ministers, the SGF, George Akume, and the Special Advisers to the President on Policy and Coordination, Hadiza Bala-Usman; Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga as well as former Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, were among those invited for the meeting.
Signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Affairs Office, Richard Pheelangwah, the circular dated July 23, 2024, and titled, ‘Planned Nationwide Protest’, reads: “I am directed to invite you to attend a meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on the above subject slated as follows: July 24, 2024, Time: 10 am prompt, Venue: Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Conference Room.
“Attendance is mandatory. Please, accept the warm regards of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.”
