Nigerian labour unions march against soaring cost of living under new president

Labour unionists protest the soaring cost of living under the West African nation’s new president (Chinedu Asadu/AP)

Labour unions marched across Nigeria on Wednesday to protest the soaring cost of living under the West African nation’s new president, with calls for the government to improve social welfare interventions to reduce hardship.

The unions, made up of government workers, said the economic incentives announced this week by Nigerian President Bola Tinubu to ease hardship were not enough.