The Niger State Government has urged women to remain calm and patient amid the economic hardship in Nigeria.
Hajiya Hauwa Bako, Special Adviser to Governor Umaru Bago on Social Investment Programme while making the appeal at a consolidated stakeholders’ engagement with the Kpagungu community in Minna, said the government is doing everything possible to alleviate the current hardship and rising cost of living.
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She explained that the meeting was to interact with women, know their challenges and come up with measures on how to address them.
Bako said that the Umaru Bago-led administration was concerned about the plight of citizens amidst high cost of commodities.
Responding, Aisha Jibrin and Fatima Aliyu, who led the protest on Feb. 5, over the current economic hardship being faced in the country, said the protest was not intended to cause a crisis.
Aliyu said the protest was to express their plight and predicament before the government to find a lasting solution to the current economic hardship.
(NAN)
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