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#EndBadGovernance August protest: Police fire teargas at protesters, journalist in Akwa Ibom
More than fifteen demonstrators held posters that read, among other things, “Reduce Fuel Price to N100,” “End Bad Governance in Nigeria,” and “End Hunger in Nigeria.”
On Friday, members of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command opened fire with tear gas canisters on a gathering of demonstrators at the Ibom Plaza, where the nationwide hunger demonstration was being held for the second day.
While interviewing the demonstrators in Akwa Ibom State, a journalist for the New Nigerian Newspapers was also subjected to tear gas.
More than fifteen demonstrators held posters that read, among other things, “Reduce Fuel Price to N100,” “End Bad Governance in Nigeria,” and “End Hunger in Nigeria.”
Our correspondent reports that the protesters were singing and chanting solidarity songs when the police opened the canisters on them and marched them to Unity Park, along Udoudoma Avenue, where they had been restricted.
One of the protesters who spoke with journalists on condition of anonymity at the plaza, before the police intervened, said they were protesting because life in Nigeria was becoming increasingly unbearable for the average person.
“We are here to protest against the high cost of fuel. In this country, we can do better as a people. We cannot produce crude oil in Nigeria and buy fuel for N900 per litre. This is unacceptable.
“An average person can no longer feed their family because of the current state of affairs. The Federal Government claims to have increased the minimum wage, but it is worthless as it cannot even buy a bag of rice. If you earn N70,000, you need to borrow N20,000 to buy a bag of rice.
We want the price of a bag of rice to be reduced to N10,000 and the price of fuel to drop to N100,” he said.
The protesters were dispersed by security personnel on the first day of the protest following restrictions and heavy rainfall early on Thursday morning, which lasted for several hours.
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