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Nigeria bids to placate youth to avert looming inflation protests

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Days before a nationwide protest over bad governance and a high cost of living, Nigeria is offering its young people jobs in the state-oil company and billions of naira worth of grants among other incentives to discourage the action.

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Nigeria moves to placate youth to avert protests

Nationwide protest scheduled for August as high cost of living bites

·Johannesburg, South Africa
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Nigeria bids to placate youth to avert looming inflation protests

Nigerian activists have been looking to emulate youth-led protests elsewhere in Africa which have rocked the government in Kenya and prompted a tough security response in Uganda.

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Nigeria bids to placate youth to avert looming inflation protests

Nigeria's state oil firm has published nationwide job vacancies in a post on X for the first time in nearly a decade.

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The East African broke the news on Saturday, July 27, 2024.
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