In a similar development, youths, on Friday, in Osogbo, Osun State, staged a peaceful protest, decrying the rising cost of living, with a call on the government to immediately intervene.
The protesters, who wielded placards with inscriptions such as ‘change the unfavorable policies’, ‘Nigerians are suffering, we can’t cope again’, and ‘We are humans, stop maltreating the citizens’, among others, assembled along MDS Road, Osogbo very early.
Idris said, “The first one is that the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has been directed to release about 42,000 metric tons of maize, millet, garri, and other commodities in their strategic reserve so that these items will be made available to Nigerians; 42,000 metric tons immediately.
“The second one is that we have held meetings with the Rice Millers Association of Nigeria. Those who are responsible for producing this rice and we have asked them to open up their stores.”
“They’ve told us that they can guarantee about 60,000 metric tons of rice. This will be made available and we know that that is enough to take Nigerians the next one month to six weeks, perhaps up to two months.”
Addressing the protesters, the chairman, of Osun Civil Societies Coalition, Waheed Lawal, said the protest would continue until the Federal Government finds solutions to the current economic hardship ravaging the country.
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