Cops on Tuesday fired teargas at protesters throughout the “Fearless In October” protest over dangerous governance in Abuja, Nigeria.
The protesters had gathered on the Utako space in Abuja, the nation’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), waving the Nigerian Inexperienced-White-Inexperienced flag and banners with varied inscriptions equivalent to “EndBadGovernance”, “DiasporaVoting”, “EndHighLivingCosts”, amongst others however have been dispersed by policemen.
The October 1, 2024 protest, tagged “FearlessInOctober”, was propagated on social media, some two months after the August #EndBadGovernance protests. The 2 demonstrations are synonymous in themes as aggrieved younger individuals demand a reversal of petrol subsidy elimination and electrical energy tariff improve.
Critics have faulted President Bola Tinubu’s twin insurance policies of petrol subsidy elimination and unification of the overseas trade charges which many Nigerians believed have been liable for the unimaginable inflation and hovering residing and power prices within the nation.
Power prices have greater than tripled since Tinubu took up the reins of presidency on Could 29, 2023. Petrol costs per litre jumped up from round N200 to over N1,000 while electrical energy tariff quadrupled, impacting the manufacturing sector and the pocket of Nigerian households.
Throughout the nation’s sixty fourth Independence Day Anniversary Broadcast on Tuesday, Tinubu pleaded for extra endurance and time, saying his administration is retooling its financial insurance policies for the great of widespread Nigerians.
The previous Lagos governor sympathised with Nigerians over the financial hardship his reforms may need triggered while he assured them that his administration had been busy implementing measures to carry down the skyrocketing price of residing.
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