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Women sell plantain and tomatoes at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Women sell plantain and tomatoes at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Tricycle drivers queue to buy fuel at a petrol station in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Tricycle drivers queue to buy fuel at a petrol station in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

People buy food at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

People buy food at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Young boys sell groundnuts on the street in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Young boys sell groundnuts on the street in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A man sells sachet drinks on the street in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A man sells sachet drinks on the street in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A woman reacts during a transaction with a point of sale machine at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A woman reacts during a transaction with a point of sale machine at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Women sell tomatoes and pepper at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Women sell tomatoes and pepper at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Ismaeel Ogunsola, centre, member of take it back movement, who said he will participate in tomorrow's protest, buys vegetables at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Ismaeel Ogunsola, centre, member of take it back movement, who said he will participate in tomorrow's protest, buys vegetables at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

People buys food stuffs at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

People buys food stuffs at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A woman sells smoke fish at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A woman sells smoke fish at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

People buy food at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

People buy food at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A woman waits for customers to buy her fish at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A woman waits for customers to buy her fish at a market in Lagos, Nigeria, Wednesday, July. 31, 2024. Frustrated with growing economic hardships, Nigerians are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

FILE - Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, center right, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Nigeria ruling party, center left, during an election campaign rally at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos Nigeria, Feb. 21, 2023. Nigeria has long been among Africa's top economies and oil producers. But many Nigerians, frustrated with prevailing economic hardship, are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

FILE - Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, center right, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Nigeria ruling party, center left, during an election campaign rally at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos Nigeria, Feb. 21, 2023. Nigeria has long been among Africa's top economies and oil producers. But many Nigerians, frustrated with prevailing economic hardship, are planning nationwide protests this week against the country's worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)