Amid Nigeria’s worsening economic crises, residents of Ibadan, Oyo State, have hit the streets to demand better living conditions.

A resident of the state told FIJ that the protest was organised on Monday by a group of people who called themselves “Concerned Nigerians”.

“The people came out to the streets this morning with placards to protest the hardships of the Bola Tinubu administration,” he told FIJ.

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“While it was mostly the youths, some other older people, including traders and civil servants, joined in the protest. They were demanding a reduction in the prices of food, cement and petrol, as living is now extremely difficult.”

He said the protesters walked from Mokola to the University of Ibadan gate to express their displeasure with the rapid increase in the cost of living.

Some of the placards held by the protesters read, ‘Open border, end hardship. Police show now, be our true friends in this struggle. End Nigerian hardship.’

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Residents of four other states, Niger, Osun, Kano and Sokoto, have also taken to the streets in the last two weeks to protest against the rising cost of living.