The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka Anite has said around N52 billion worth of goods were destroyed in the ongoing EndBadGovernance protest while the death toll had reached 21.
The Minister in a post shared on her official X handle, lamented damages caused by the protests and the deaths, noted that the lootings from the protest are a setback to businesses and entrepreneurs across the country.
“The loss of lives during the protests is saddening. My thoughts are with the families affected. The looting, resulting in billions lost, is a severe setback for our economy and entrepreneurs. Let’s honour those we’ve lost by striving for more peaceful and constructive dialogue,” she wrote.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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