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In a telltale sign of the trying times, hundreds of Minna residents in Niger State, trooped out en masse to protest the hardship in Nigeria caused by the rising cost of living and the economic downturn.
This was coming two days after an equal number of women, including local bread producers popularly known as “Gurasa” marched through the streets of the ancient city of Kano, protesting the high cost of living, especially the hike in the price of flour used largely for the production of the staple food.
Without mobilisation from any labour movement, women and youths yesterday obstructed traffic on major roads in the Minna metropolis…
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