Residents of Minna, the Niger State capital, on Monday, protested high cost of living in the country, blocking major roads within the metropolis.
The protesters including women and youths were heard chanting protest songs, while security agents including policemen looked on.
The protesters said the rising cost of food items and poor government effort to arresting the situation forced them to block major roads so that government will hear their cry.
The Deputy Governor of Niger State, Yakubu Garba, while addressing the protesters, said the government is aware of the pain and hardship families are faced with at this time.
This comes many weeks after some aggrieved Nigerians marched across the streets of Ogun State to protest the soaring cost of living under the APC government led by President TInubu. Most of the protesters called for the government to improve social welfare interventions to reduce hardship.
Residents, youths and some market women, said the effort of the Tinubu-led government and the economic incentives were not enough to ease hardship.
They also lamented the huge spike in the price of food items and commodities.
