…chants “we can’t bear high cost of living“

By Bashir Bello

Barely days after protest in Niger State over high cost of living, hundreds of residents of the ancient city of Kano on Thursday stormed Katsina-Kano road to express their displeasure over the high cost of living in the state.

The residents comprising youths, old, men and women besieged the Bachirawa, Kurna and Rijiyar Zaki road along Katsina – Kano road chanting, “we can’t bear the high cost of living.”

One of the protesters, Usman Saidu Bello said the economic challenges or hardship is getting worse on daily basis hence the need for the government to take urgent steps to ameliorate the situation.

In his words: “Everybody is worried about the situation. Right from when we adapt to the situation, we are forced to come out to the streets to express our displeasure over the situation. We cannot bear the high cost of living. People cannot eat three square meals. Even the one square meal is now becoming difficult.

“A bag of rice which was sold for over N27,000 is now sold N70,000. Sugar which was sold for N8,000 now goes for N75,000.

“We want government to intervene and urgently take steps to ameliorate the situation. If the government fails to address the situation, we will go violent,” Bello.

Meanwhile, the protest is coming days after the state Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf offered to personally meet with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to intimate him over the economic hardship and hunger in the state.