Nigerian youths have continued to storm the streets across major cities in the country, to protest against economic hardship and unbearable cost of living.
The protesters are demanding that politicians be put on minimum wage, return of fuel subsidy, adequate security, job creation, better life and electoral reforms.
Inflation has reached 34 per cent owing majorly to the twin policies of subsidy removal and floating of the naira. That has pushed the cost of basic items beyond the reach of millions of Nigerians.
Politicians and other popular figures have appealed to the protesters to call off the demonstrations, to allow the Federal Government act on their demands. However, they have continued their protests tagged #EndBadGovernance.
But undeterred, the Take It Back Movement, one of the organisers of the protest said it was not going back on the rallies. Some of the demands of the protesters include the restoration of petrol subsidies and the forex regime. They also want the government to address food shortages, unemployment, and wasteful spending by those in power. Other are immediate reforms of the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with renewed vigour in the fight against corrupt politicians.
