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<p dir="ltr"><b>Residents of Minna, Niger State’s capital, stopped important roadways on Monday morning to protest the city’s high cost of living.</b></p><div class="3jKqBLar" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p dir="ltr">Women and young people were among the demonstrators heard shouting protest songs, while police officers and other security staff watched the situation.</p><div class="9T9ioFBV" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p dir="ltr">The demonstrators claimed that the rise in food costs, along with the government’s poor response, drove them to block major roadways in order to catch the authorities’ attention.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Niger Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba, addressed the protesters and stated that the administration understood the suffering and difficulties that families were going through at the moment.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">He also added that the government was working towards lowering the cost of living and reducing the effect of the petrol subsidy removal.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><b>Residents of Minna, Niger State’s capital, stopped important roadways on Monday morning to protest the city’s high cost of living.</b></p>
<p dir="ltr">Women and young people were among the demonstrators heard shouting protest songs, while police officers and other security staff watched the situation.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The demonstrators claimed that the rise in food costs, along with the government’s poor response, drove them to block major roadways in order to catch the authorities’ attention.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Niger Deputy Governor Yakubu Garba, addressed the protesters and stated that the administration understood the suffering and difficulties that families were going through at the moment.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">He also added that the government was working towards lowering the cost of living and reducing the effect of the petrol subsidy removal.</p>
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