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#October1 protesters in Ondo State.
Some residents of Ondo State on Tuesday stormed the streets of Akure, the state capital, to protest against the current economic hardship ravaging the country.
The protesters who converged on the popular Cathedral Church Junction in Akure, chanted various anti-government songs and asked President Bola Tinubu to address the issue of hunger, high fuel prices, and electricity prices among others, to ameliorate the suffering of the people in the country.
Speaking, one of the leaders of the protesters, Kunle Ajayi, accused the government of not being sensitive to the needs of Nigerians in the face of the economic challenges in the country.
He said, “Anti-government policies of the current government have further plunged the country into economic crisis, noting that Nigerians can no longer bear the hardship.
“As you can see, Nigerians are angry and at the same time hungry because of the poor economic policies of Tinubu’s government. Imagine the price of fuel. With the high price of food, the common man can no longer feed well. Do they want to kill us? Why is this government not listening to the people?
“There is hunger in the land, inflation in the country because of poor and unfavourable economic policies. We are demanding an end to this suffering. They should immediately reverse both fuel subsidy and electricity. This government continues to waste our resources and enrich their own pockets. We want to say enough is enough. They should allow the common man to breathe.”
There was the presence of heavily armed security agents at the scene of the protest to ensure the exercise was not hijacked by hoodlums.
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