Nigeria's armed forces on Thursday warned against Kenya-style violence in protests planned for next week over soaring costs of living, saying the military would stop any attempts to create 'anarchy'.
Nigeria’s armed forces on Thursday warned against Kenya-style violence in protests planned for next week over soaring costs of living, saying the military would stop any attempts to create “anarchy”.
Nigerians are struggling with the worst cost-of-living crisis in years after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ended a costly fuel subsidy and liberalised the naira currency in reforms needed to revive the economy of Africa’s most populous nation. “It is easy to see that the contemporary context of the planned protest is to shadow the happenings in Kenya, which I must say is violent,” he added.
Tinubu, who has repeatedly called for patience for the reforms to work, on Wednesday urged protesters to hold off to allow the government to respond to “all their pleas”, Information Minister Mohammed Idris said.
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