that there was no government effort to arrest the situation of the rising cost of food items.
The protesters had been heard chanting protest songs, while security agents including policemen looked on.
However, Yakubu Garba, Deputy Governor of Niger State, had said the government was aware of the pain and hardship facing families in the country.
Yakubu had told the protesters that the government was working towards reducing the cost of living and the economic implications of the petrol subsidy removal.