Mr Effiong said that the APC and Mr Tinubu himself once benefited from public protests.
Mr Abubakar called on Nigerians not to lose faith but to look forward to a better tomorrow.
About 27,000 of the irregular migrants had been reintegrated into society through the Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Programme.
The APU serves as a forum for dialogue and cooperation among national parliaments of Africa.
President Bola Tinubu congratulates Mobolaji Aluko, the pioneering vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Otuoke in Bayelsa, on his 70th birthday.
Of course, the future is already here, with bad actors using constitutional means to capture the state and enthrone the dictatorship of the worst kind.
The credibility of elections is under threat globally as fewer people turn out to vote, and results are increasingly contested.
“Nobody is saying protest is not part of democracy, but it should not be political,” he said.
“The session will afford parties to list grievances and what they expect the government at all levels to do,’’ the governor said.
“Democracy is a fundamental principle of ECOWAS and it is essential to uphold it.’’
