The current protests in Nigeria started on 1 August and they are driven by multiple factors which have been analysed by numerous stakeholders.
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In addition, there is widespread discontent with the government’s misaligned policies, fortnightly requests to the National Assembly to borrow billions of dollars for consumption purposes, luxury projects, and white elephant schemes that are economically unviable, such as the spending on luxury items; building of a N21 billion house for the vice president; and acquisition of a presidential yacht – which would have set the country back by N5 billion.
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