There was pandemonium at the Ibom Plaza, the epic centre of social activities in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Friday when operatives of the Nigeria Police fired canisters of tear gas to disperse a small group of protesters.
The protesters, numbering about 15, had earlier displayed placards with inscriptions such as, 'Cost of living don kill the living', 'Politicians pity us', 'give us 10 more refineries, reduce cost of fuel to N100', 'Increase Police , Army welfare', among others The protesters were singing and chanting solidarity songs when the Police opened the canisters on them and marched those who remained off to the Unity Park, along Udoudoma Avenue, where they had been...
In this country we can do better as a people, we cannot produce crude oil in Nigeria and buy fuel for N900 per litre, this is unacceptable 'An average person cannot feed his family again because of the way things are going, The Federal Government said it has increased minimum wage, the minimum wage is useless because it cannot buy a bag of rice.
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