Thousands of people, on Monday, thronged the major streets of Ibadan in Oyo State, to protest the hardship in the country.
\nThe protesters, who are mainly youths, kept saying they were not out to cause trouble, but to call the attention of all the tiers of governments to the unbearable hardship in the country.
\nThough they did not use any objects to block the roads, they converged on accesses leading to the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Sango, Dugbe and Eleyele, thereby blocking vehicular traffic.
\nThey displayed several placards with inscriptions such as \u2018Give us good health, End bad governance, End food hike, Open border, End hardship, \u2018Is this the renewed hope you promised?\u2019
\nAt intervals, organisers of the protest kept updating the security agents who kept vigilance to arrest anyone who caused problem or hijacked the protest for selfish ends.
\nDuring the protest, some schools and banks shut their gates.
\nThe Tide learnt that the protest was convened through the social media.
\nOne of the messages sent by the conveners read, \u201cPeople should not pass through Mokola roundabout because there will be protest on Monday\u201d.
\nThe message advised that motorists should take alternative routes to their destinations.
\nA lady who refused to disclose her name, caught the attention of many people with a placard that read: \u2018Sanitary pad now costs N4,000; we can\u2019t be using cloth, Please, help us\u2019. Nothing should happen to me. All I\u2019m asking for is my legitimate earning and ease of life.\u2019
\nAnother woman, who identified herself as Mobolaji Inaolaji, one of the coordinators, said: \u201cWe want to tell our leaders that things are not right, they should make things easier for us. We are not here to cause violence, things are too costly and people are dying.
\n\u201cIt is our right to protest whether we got permit or not. We have told the security agents that they should arrest whoever causes problem. We are peaceful and law abiding. All we want is to make government know our pains. We will go through most parts of the city.\u201d
\nOther protesters who were speaking with anger, said: \u201cThis problem is too much. Whoever wants to arrest me should come and do so. If we don\u2019t die outside, we\u2019ll die at home.\u201d
\nAfter about an hour at Mokola, the protesters headed towards Sango and other parts of the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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