In Delta and Ekiti states on Wednesday, irate youths, students, drivers, and businesspeople protested the recent fuel and naira shortages that have put a lot of Nigerians through hardship.

Students at the state university in Ado, Ekiti, protested the increase in transportation costs brought on by the lack of fuel.

The students, who live in Ado and Iworoko, Ekiti, claimed they could not afford the N400 transportation fare to school, a 100% increase.

In order to prevent anyone from entering the campus, they blocked off Iworoko Road and occupied the university gate.

On Wednesday, irate youths, students, drivers, and businesspeople protested the price of fuel in the states of Delta and Ekiti.

However, problems arose when the minibus drivers who ran services to the school from Ado Ekiti insisted that the N200 fare and seating arrangement were no longer practical due to the lack of fuel and the downtime brought on by lines at gas stations.

“What you have seen today is a reaction to the change in fare to and from school from N200 to N400 by the commercial transport operators,” said Dotun Ogunsanya, president of the Student Union Government, in defending the students’ behavior.

The school’s vice chancellor, Prof. Edward Olanipekun, responded by announcing three “lecture (physical) free days on campus,” starting on Wednesday.

The vice chancellor announced that the school administration would take advantage of the meeting to discuss the problem with local transportation providers.

“The lecture-free days were declared in light of the current national fuel crisis which has resulted in an astronomical hike in the transportation fares, making it difficult for many of our students and staff to come to the campus,” said Bode Olofinmuagun, Head of EKSU Directorate of Corporate Affairs.

The Asaba-Onitsha Expressway in Asaba, the capital of Delta State, was blocked by irate youths, human rights activists, drivers, and traders in protest of the scarcity of fuel and new naira notes.

The protesters beat on drums as they demanded a better Nigeria and lower living expenses for the people of the nation. They carried placards with various inscriptions.

The demonstrators asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), and the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, to persuade the fuel marketers to find an immediate solution to the ongoing shortage. They also demanded that bank managers in the state be punished for hoarding the new naira notes.

The House of Representatives candidate for the state for the Africa Democratic Party, Mr. Ukuanove Odimbu, spoke on behalf of the protesters, claiming that the hardship being inflicted on the average person by the fuel price increase and the hoarding of the new naira notes was becoming intolerable.