Posted 2/26/2024, 1:48:21 PM
Economic Hardship Protests Spread in Nigeria
- Children in northern Nigeria filmed stoning President Tinubu's portrait in protest of economic problems and hunger
- Stoning portraits is a way of rejecting a disliked person, borrowed from the Islamic practice of Rajm (stoning)
- Tinubu administration policies like subsidy removal and naira devaluation have increased hardship and prices
- Protests over economic hardship have occurred in places like Ibadan, Minna, and Suleja
- Protesters demand government action to end hardship and high inflation