Reuters is reporting that there are about 100 youth protesters the CBN office in Abuja.
According to reports, the protesters were demanding for the resignation of central bank governor Godwin Emefiele over “rising inflation and a falling currency.”
Nigerian policemen and soldiers however, stormed the venue dispersing the protesters.
In front of the bank’s main entrance, they held up placards saying “Emefiele must go” and “Where is your conscience, Emefiele?” until policemen and soldiers scattered them.
It was the first sign of public unrest targeting the central bank during the current economic crunch.
The Central Bank has been in the center of an economic crisis that has spiraled out of control. In the absence of Fiscal Policy, the CBN had introduced several monetary policy actions that critics believe has worsened the economy already in trouble when it was handed over by the GEJ Government.
Source: UPDATE 1-Protesters in Abuja call for Nigerian central bank governor to quit