PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu will address Nigerians in a national broadcast on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 7:00 am.

This was made known by the media aide of the president, Bayo Onanuga, via a press statement on X on Saturday, August 3rd 2024.

The ICIR reports that President Tinubu had come under criticisms from Nigerians, including members of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for failing to address Nigerians since the protests began.

The statement reads :“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will address the nation in a broadcast on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 7:00 am.

Television, radio, and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) for the broadcast.”

The statement noted that the broadcast will be repeated on the network services of the NTA and the FRCN at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm on the same day.

The President’s address is coming on the heels of  the #EndBadGovernance protests which entered its third day today.

The ICIR reports that the #EndBadGovernance protest began on Thursday August 1 2024 and would last until Saturday August 10 2024, according to the organisers.

Hundreds of placard carrying youths from across Nigeria took to the streets to express their anger against hunger and corruption.

Since the protests began, there have not been any word from the presidency.

On the first two days of the protest, peaceful protesters were greeted with teargas causing injuries to some of them.

It was similar on the third day with security operatives shooting at protesters and Journalists