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As the festive season approaches, Nigerians are confronting an economic crisis that has overshadowed the usual holiday cheer.
Transportation costs have increased, businesses are closing, and millions are sliding further into poverty. “Everything has tripled in price. I can’t even afford rice for Christmas, and my rent is due,” Deborah, a Lagos-based trader told ThisDay. “The subsidy removal was inevitable, but the absence of immediate palliatives has left the populace worse off,” said a Lagos-based economist.
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