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Free after 59 days: Detained #EndBadGovernance protesters released in Nigeria

By Struggle-La Lucha

Abuja, Nigeria, Oct. 3 — Detained End Bad Governance protesters released on bail after spending 59 days in detention are shown in this video.

This movement began on July 29 of this year using the hashtags #EndBadGovernance and #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria in response to worsening conditions in the country. 

President Bola Tinubu’s government has implemented austerity measures (cutting social services and fuel subsidies, etc.) at the direction of the neocolonial World Bank, dominated by the U.S. and its imperialist junior partners like the U.K., Germany, and Japan.   

As of Oct. 16, Nigeria’s inflation rate was 32.70% based on the Consumer Price Index. 

The World Food Program says that in June-August, 26.5 million Nigerians faced acute hunger, up from 18.16 million at the end of 2023, an increase of 31.5%. 

Instead of working to meet the needs of the people, the government has responded to the protests with repression. State security forces killed at least 21 people and arrested over 1,000. 

The working-class people of the U.S. have more in common with the struggling Nigerian people than we do with Trump and Harris or any billionaire. 

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