PROTESTERS have reassembled at Tudun Ward, Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State despite Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s 24-hour curfew in the state.
The ICIR reported the state governor, Abba Yusuf, declared a 24-hour curfew in the state following the looting and vandalism of a complex belonging to the National Communications Commission ((NCC) in the state.
He gave the directive at the Government House, on Thursday, August 1, as part of efforts to contain vandalism and looting trailing the #EndBadGovernance protest.
According to Daily Trust, the governor relaxed the curfew for five hours to allow Muslims to observe Jumaat.
Many youths took advantage of the decision to assemble on the bridge dividing Tudun Wada and Tudun Murtala wards shortly after the prayer.
While some of them held placards, others cheered and sang as they continued a procession.
Similarly, hundreds of youths continued the protest against hardship for the second day in some parts of Dutse, the Jigawa State capital.
The ICIR reported that the insecurity, inflation and hike in the cost of living among other reasons in Nigeria have pushed many citizens to plan a 10-day nationwide protest from August 1 to 10.
Since the President took over power on May 29, 2023, there has been unprecedented inflation, with the market prices of food snowballing and more citizens pushed into poverty.
Nurudeen Akewushola is an investigative reporter and fact-checker with The ICIR. He believes courageous in-depth investigative reporting is the key to social justice, accountability and good governance in society. You can reach him via [email protected] and @NurudeenAkewus1 on Twitter.