The students’ body said economic hardship in the country is increasingly taking a huge toll on them and their parents and should be addressed urgently to reverse the ugly narrative otherwise they may resort to mass nationwide protest.
According to them, the high cost of dollars and other major foreign currencies as well as general goods and services including educational materials, tuition fees, transportation, and feeding has made life almost unbearable for them and other ordinary Nigerians.
They said they are faced with severe hunger coupled with the high cost of transportation and high level of insecurity in the country.
They therefore urged President Tinubu and the Central Bank of Nigeria to rise to this occasion and find workable solutions to stabilise the Naira and improve its value.
They also urged the government to come up with the right policies and programmes that can effectively halt inflation and boost the economy while in the interim they should be given palliatives.
According to them, the palliatives should be given to them directly pending when the economy will be improved.
“We want the palliatives to start immediately and the government should also commit to our welfare so as not to push us to the streets for protest before it takes action to address the hardship,” they concluded.
