Nigeria bids to placate youth to avert looming inflation protests
Students walk on a crowded sidewalk due to scarcity of local transport following shortage of petroleum products in Abuja, Nigeria on February 15, 2022. PHOTO | REUTERS
Days before a nationwide protest over bad governance and a high cost of living, Nigeria is offering its young people jobs in the state-oil company and billions of naira worth of grants among other incentives to discourage the action.
Nigerian activists have been looking to emulate youth-led protests elsewhere in Africa which have rocked the government in Kenya and prompted a tough security response in Uganda.
