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The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning Atiku Bagudu has said President Bola Tinubu is monitoring the situation of #EndBadGovernance Protests.
There have been calls for Tinubu to address the nation after the demonstrations entered the third day.
However, Bagudu, said the Nigerian leader is well aware of the situation.
“Mr President has been monitoring the situation, as he ought to. Very responsibly, and alert,” the minister said on Saturday during Channels Television’s special programme The August Protest — #EndBadGovernance.
“I am a minister. I also have responsibilities. I have also been monitoring this thing. I have been noting this thing so that I can make inputs.”
“We have been monitoring and listening carefully to hear what is being said and what noting them,” Bagudu said on the show.
The Minister admitted the hardship facing Nigerians, said it was not peculiar to the country but the Federal Government is working to make life easier for the citizens.
“The cost of living crisis is a crisis affecting many countries as we speak,” he said, adding that, “we would listen and we also value the inputs of Nigerians”.