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02.08.2024 news ‘Rice Palliative Is Not an Economic Policy’ and Other Moving Placards From Protest Day 1

Published 2nd Aug, 2024

By FIJ

As the #EndBadGovernance protests kicked off on Thursday, many Nigerians had strong messages for the government.

FIJ saw some protesters voice their pains on printed cardboard, placards and banners. Others brought empty pots and sacks to signify what they lacked due to economic hardship.

Here are some of the moving messages FIJ caught in pictures from Thursday’s protests:

Politicians must enroll their children in public schools. Ikeja, Lagos. PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Ojukwu/FIJ
Politicians must enroll their children in public schools. Ikeja, Lagos. PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Ojukwu/FIJ

Protesters on their way to the Lagos government secretariat on Thursday told politicians to enroll their wards in Nigerian public schools.

We need study grants not loans. Lagos. PHOTO CREDIT: Olayide Soaga/FIJ
We need study grants not loans. Lagos. PHOTO CREDIT: Olayide Soaga/FIJ
Reverse electricity tariff now. Ikeja Underbridge, Lagos. PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Ojukwu/FIJ
Reverse electricity tariff now. Ikeja Underbridge, Lagos. PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Ojukwu/FIJ

Festus Ogun, a constitutional lawyer, was spotted among the protesters with a placard demanding electricity tariff reversal.

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Hunger Regime. PHOTO CREDIT: Olayide Soaga/FIJ
Hunger Regime. PHOTO CREDIT: Olayide Soaga/FIJ

A protester’s cardboard said Nigeria was in a hunger regime.

People's power must prevail. Ibadan, Oyo. PHOTO CREDIT: Timileyin Akinmoyeje/FIJ
People’s power must prevail. Ibadan, Oyo. PHOTO CREDIT: Timileyin Akinmoyeje/FIJ
Protest is our right but it must be peaceful. Ogudu, Lagos. PHOTO CREDIT: Opeyemi Lawal/FIJ
Protest is our right but it must be peaceful. Ogudu, Lagos. PHOTO CREDIT: Opeyemi Lawal/FIJ
Enough is enough to hunger and hardship; reverse all anti-poor policies; jail all corrupt politicians; return all stolen wealth. PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Ojukwu/FIJ
Enough is enough to hunger and hardship; reverse all anti-poor policies; jail all corrupt politicians; return all stolen wealth. PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Ojukwu/FIJ

“Enough is enough to hunger and hardship; reverse all anti-poor policies; jail all corrupt politicians; return all stolen wealth,” this banner read.

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Nationalise the oil and gas sector under democratic workers' control and management. PHOTO CREDIT: /FIJ
Nationalise the oil and gas sector under democratic workers’ control and management. PHOTO CREDIT: /FIJ

A more specific demand: Nationalise the oil and gas sector under democratic workers’ control and management.

President Tinubu, let the poor breathe. Ojota, Lagos. PHOTO CREDIT: Opeyemi Lawal/FIJ
President Tinubu, let the poor breathe. Ojota, Lagos. PHOTO CREDIT: Opeyemi Lawal/FIJ

“President Tinubu, let the poor breathe.”

This protester sat on the ground as he told FIJ that the cost of Fanta and garri had become too high. PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Ojukwu/FIJ
This protester sat on the ground as he told FIJ that the cost of Fanta and garri had become too high. PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Ojukwu/FIJ

A protester sat on the ground as he told FIJ that the cost of Fanta and garri had become too high.

“Bottle of Fanta now costs N500, Garri no get N50 again,” he told FIJ’s Daniel Ojukwu on Thursday.

While materials online said ‘End Bad Governance’, the protesters on ground were saying ‘End Bad Government’.

READ MORE: BREAKING: Police Fire Teargas at Lekki Tollgate Protesters

Rice palliative is not an economic policy. PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Ojukwu/FIJ
Rice palliative is not an economic policy. PHOTO CREDIT: Daniel Ojukwu/FIJ

Rice palliative is not an economic policy.

One day, the poor will have nothing else to eat but the rich oppressors. Ojota, Lagos. PHOTO CREDIT: Emmanuel Uti/FIJ

“One day, the poor will have nothing else to eat but the rich oppressors,” one of the placards at the Ojota protest read.

Nigerians are protesting against economic hardships government has failed to tackle. The protesters moved the #EndBadGovernance protests from social media to the streets on Thursday.

These protests were slated for a fixed period between August 1 and August 10.

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Published 2nd Aug, 2024

By FIJ

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