Residents block roads in Minna to protest high cost of living

Major roads were blocked and commercial activities were disrupted as residents of Minna, the Niger State capital, on Monday, protested high cost of living in the country.

The protesters including women and youths were heard chanting protest songs, while security agents including policemen watched them.

The protesters said the rising cost of food items and poor government effort to arrest the situation forced them to block major roads so that government would hear their cry.

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The Deputy Governor of Niger State, Yakubu Garba, while addressing the protesters, said the government was aware of the pain and hardship families were faced with at this time.

He said the government was working towards reducing the c