The Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday announced that it had suspended its ongoing ward-to-ward campaigns across the state in solidarity with the #EndBadGovernance protesters.
This decision was announced in a press release signed by the Director General of the Edo PDP Gubernatorial Campaign Council, Mathew Iduoriyekemwen.
The party expressed its solidarity with Nigerians in their struggle for better conditions of living and to end hardship in the land.
The 10-day nationwide protest tagged #EndBadGovernance, started on Thursday, August 1, 2024, across the country.
The recent press release by the Edo PDP acknowledged the increasing economic hardship in the land and the suffering of the Nigerian people.
The statement further expressed deep concern about the excruciating pains Nigerians have endured.
“In view of the imminent ten-day protest against hunger and pain… we, the PDP in Edo State are constrained to suspend our ongoing statewide campaign till further notice.
“This is our own modest show of solidarity with the pauperized Nigerian people”, the statement read in part
All attention is now on the federal government to see how it plans to handle the aftermath of the protest.
