The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will address Nigerians on Thursday (today) at 7am.
Buhari’s Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina, made this known late Wednesday.
“Television, radio stations and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to hook up to the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority and Radio Nigeria for the broadcast,” he said.
The reason for the broadcast or what would be addressed by the president was however, not stated.
Meanwhile Punch Metro reported that the national broadcast comes amid the naira and fuel scarcity which has spiralled into violent protests across the country.
No fewer than three people were reported dead on Wednesday during a violent demonstration in Benin, the Wdo State capital as Automated Teller Machines located at some banks were razed by hoodlums.