Police fire teargas as thousands of protesters rally against Nigeria cost-of-living crisis

(1 Aug 2024)
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Lagos, Nigeria - 1 August 2024
1. Wide of teargas fired at protesters
2. Various of protesters chanting during march
3. Police walking in front of march
4. Various of placards (English) "We need study grants, not loans," "Join the movement to fight for better Nigeria"
5. Protesters marching
6. Various of protesters shouting
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Daudu Durotimi, protester:
"Until we have, you know, the benefits of democracy, there’s no victory for us and we are not going to stop. End bad governance is not end SARS, we have learnt, we know their tactics and as they are playing, we are also playing them too and we are not going to stop until every Nigerian can live comfortably in Nigeria. We are not going to stop until we in Nigeria, we Nigerians, living in Nigeria, enjoy a similar life or a better life than even countries across the world who don't have half of the resources that we have."
8. Wide of police walking in front of protesters
9. Protester with placard (English) ‘End attacks on free press’
10. SOUNDBITE (Yoruba) Saidat Remilekun, protester:
“The government will also hear what we are saying, except the person is wicked because blood is also flowing through their veins, and they should have pity on us Nigerians. We can’t get food. I took 20,000 Naira ($12) to the market and I could not get anything, just one tuber of yam was 7,500 Naira ($5) and I will also buy rice, how will I cope? I have a three-year-old child, and I feed him with 1,000 Naira (60 cents) at a sitting and I the mother will also eat, and you say we should not come out to protest. If the government does not find a solution to this, we will still come out every day.”
11. Various of protesters
STORYLINE:
Nigerian police fired tear gas at protesters on Thursday as they rallied against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.
Carrying placards and bells, protesters demanded better standards of living, saying they will "come out every day." They were met with a heavy security presence on the streets of Lagos.
Nigeria’s public officials, frequently accused of corruption, are among the best paid in Africa, a stark contrast in a country that, despite being one of the continent’s top oil producers, also has some of the world’s poorest and hungriest people.
Saidat Remilekun, a mother of a three-year-old at the protest, said she could not afford produce at the market for her child, pleading with the government to find a solution.
Daudu Durotimi, another protester, said the marches would not stop until every Nigerian could "enjoy a similar life or a better life than even countries across the world who don't have half of the resources that we have."
Thousands of mostly young people poured onto the streets across Nigeria, including in the capital Abuja, on Thursday to protest.
AP video shot by Dan Ikpoyi
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