Hunger Protest: Tinubu alone don't have authority to discard 1999 Constitution-APC

The All Progressives Congress has advised the organisers of the planned nationwide protest on August 1 to reconsider their demand for President Bola Tinubu to scrap the 1999 Constitution, as it is seen as a challenging request.

This advice was given after a closed-door meeting with the Forum of APC State Chairmen at the national secretariat in Abuja.

The need to change the Nigerian Constitution has been a topic of debate among various state actors and elder statesmen in the past two decades.

The ruling party's National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, stated that the renewed agitation to have the President discard the constitution he vowed to protect would be extremely difficult.

This statement was made in response to one of the 15 demands of the organizers of the proposed hunger strike protest, which has generated tension and mixed reactions among Nigerians.

The protest, scheduled to take place from August 1-15, has been widely discussed on social media with hashtags like 'EndBadGovernance' and 'Tinubu Must Go.' Basiru emphasized that Tinubu alone does not have the authority to discard the 1999 Constitution.