Edo fuel protest

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Residents lament fuel scarcity in Jigawa, Edo youths protest (The Punch)

Some youths have taken to the streets in Benin City, Edo State, on Monday, to protest the persistent fuel scarcity rocking the country.

And I need to water these two farms at least 20 times. Filling stations like A.S.A Oil Nig. Also, Audu Manager filling station and AA Kankani Nig.

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BREAKING: Petrol Scarcity Triggers Protest In Edo, South-South ... (SaharaReporters.com)

Hundreds of protesters blocked roads in Benin City, the Edo State Capital, South-South Nigeria on Monday, over the protracted fuel scarcity and hike in the ...

But due to the scarcity of the product and the rising demand, many fuel stations have been selling for between N340 and N400 per litre. You can see protesters block roads and making fire on the roadblocks." A video of the protest seen by SaharaReporters on Monday morning shows fires on the road with thick smoke billowing from the burning materials.

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Edo CSOs Protest Fuel Scarcity, Others (Leadership Newspaper)

Members of civil society groups on Monday staged a peaceful demonstration in several parts of Benin City, the Edo State capital, protesting scarcity of.

But the kind of prices and the pain that the Edo state is being subjected to because of the manipulative tendency of the major marketers is unbearable.” He said, “Fuel has become N700 and minimum wage is N30,000. “Go to Lagos, Conoil is still selling, NIPCO is still selling, MRS is still selling at the government approved price.

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Edo: Schools closed as civil society groups protest hike, fuel scarcity (Vanguard)

By Ozioruva Aliu. BENIN CITY – FOR fear of the unknown, several private schools in Benin City, Edo state capital did not open yesterday as civil society ...

But the kind of prices and the pain that the Edo state is being subjected to because of the manipulative tendency of the major marketers is unbearable.” He said “Fuel has become N700 and minimum wage is N30,000. “Before, we say we will resist them but now, we will fight them.

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Edo Fuel Hike Protest: Obaseki Placates Protesters, Raises ... (Independent Newspaper Nigeria)

The monitoring committee made up of actors in the private sector, civil society organisations and government has been mandated to ensure that shylock marketers ...

“PMS has become N700 per litre while diesel is being sold for N1000 a litre and the minimum wage is still N30,000. “Anywhere you see black marketers, pursue them, and don’t pity them that they are poor. Crusoe Osagie in the statement stated: “The Edo State governor, Mr. “Anywhere we catch a black marketers, we will seize the fuel, we will convert it and if you don’t have anything to do with the fuel, throw them away. “Set up a Monitoring Committee made up of actors in the private sector, civil society organisations and government, who will monitor the distribution and pricing of the product in order to ensure that shylock marketers do not take advantage of the situation to rip Edo citizens off. The monitoring committee made up of actors in the private sector, civil society organisations and government has been mandated to ensure that shylock marketers do not take advantage of the situation to rip Edo citizens off.

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Edo residents kick against fuel hike, scarcity (Businessday.ng)

The inhabitants made their grievances known in a protest that obstructed vehicular movements on Oba Ovonramwen square popularly called ring road and other ...

“And the filling stations that are selling above the federal government’s agreed price, we will begin to picket them. So, when those at the black market don’t have the fuel, the filling stations will be forced to sell at the fixed price. Before we say we will resist them but now, we will fight them.

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Protesters block Benin roads over fuel price hike, Obaseki promises ... (Guardian)

Protesters, made up of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other residents of Edo State, including youths, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest over hike ...

“Anywhere we catch black marketers, we will seize the fuel, and if we don’t have anything to do with the fuel, throw them away. He said: “Our economy saboteurs are in high and low places, we will fight them. Bag of rice is over N50,000 and the minimum wage is still N30,000.

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