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Nigerians protest against high cost of living and massive suffering following a hike in fuel prices and devaluation of the naira, in Abuja, Nigeria, February 27, 2024. [Reuters]
Nigerian government officials held an emergency meeting Wednesday in response to nationwide protests planned next month over governance issues and the cost of living.
The meeting came a day after President Bola Tinubu made a public appeal through his information minister, Mohammed Idris Malagi, asking citizens not to go through with the protests and urging them to be patient with the government.
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