The statewide protests that have shook the country since Thursday need to stop immediately, according to President Bola Tinubu, who has called for communication.

Protesters calling for the end of bad governance in Nigeria are heard loud and clear by Tinubu.

Tinubu confirmed that he has heard the demonstrators’ cries ‘loud and clear’ and stated that his administration is prepared to hear their problems and address them.

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In response to the #EndBadGovernance protests, he declared in a national broadcast on Sunday morning,

‘I hereby call on demonstrators and the organizers to put an end to any additional demonstrations and make space for dialogue, which I have always readily accepted.’

All hands must be on deck, he urged, and all residents must cooperate to reshape the nation’s shared destiny, regardless of age, party, tribe, religion, or other differences.

The scheduled 10-day demonstration got underway on Thursday descended into violence,

breaking and entering, and fatalities across several regions of the country, mostly in protest of the growing cost of living and hunger.

A minimum of 17 individuals were’reportedly killed’ during the ‘of rage’ protests.