Posted 2/19/2024, 8:09:37 PM
Protests and Clashes Erupt Over Nigeria's Economic Crisis
- EFCC operatives clash violently with Bureau De Change operators in Abuja, firing gunshots, to force them to stop trading amidst naira's free fall
- Tinubu government previously directed DSS to shut down BDCs to save face over naira crisis
- Naira has further depreciated to N1,700/$ and N2,100/£
- Residents in Ibadan blocked roads and protested economic hardship, inflation under Tinubu administration
- Similar protests over hardship held recently in Niger State commercial centers Minna and Suleja