1989 Anti-SAP riots

1989 Anti-SAP Riots
1989 Anti-SAP Riots
Date	24 May 1989 - June 1989
Location	Nigeria
Caused by	Effects of the Structural Adjustment Program; Increased petrol prices; Increased food prices;
Goals	Abolition of SAP; Abolition of examination fees; Increased education funding; Removal of security agents patrolling universities; Free healthcare for the elderly, women and all Nigerians up to the age of 18; Reopening of universities; Provision of free education up to the secondary level;
Methods	Rallies; Protests; Lecture boycotts;
Parties
National Union of Nigerian Students (NUNS)	Nigerian Government
Casualties
Death(s)	2 in Benin and dozens in other big cities
Arrested	Gani Fawehinmi ; NUNS president

1989 Anti-SAP riots were a series of violent student-led anti-government protests that occurred throughout Nigeria between May and June 1989.^[1] The protesters included students, non students, employed workers, the unemployed, school children and hoodlums.^[2]^[3] The protests commenced on 24 May 1989.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Hiltzik, Michael. A. "Nigeria Austerity Program Causes Deep Political Discontent : Africa: The results could be significant for the rest of the continent. Meanwhile, 'SAP' jokes go on and on". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
^ Eboh, Marie Pauline (1990). "The Anti-Sap Upheaval in Nigeria" (PDF). Philosophy and Social Action.
^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Nigeria: Information regarding persons involved in the riots caused by an article in Ebony magazine alleging corruption of current Nigerian rulers and any difference in treatment between student and non-student rioters or those who printed or paid for the printing of pamphlets citing the corruption mentioned above". Refworld. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
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[:0-1] Hiltzik, Michael. A. "Nigeria Austerity Program Causes Deep Political Discontent : Africa: The results could be significant for the rest of the continent. Meanwhile, 'SAP' jokes go on and on". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2021-08-11.

[:1-2] Eboh, Marie Pauline (1990). "The Anti-Sap Upheaval in Nigeria" (PDF). Philosophy and Social Action.

[:2-3] Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Nigeria: Information regarding persons involved in the riots caused by an article in Ebony magazine alleging corruption of current Nigerian rulers and any difference in treatment between student and non-student rioters or those who printed or paid for the printing of pamphlets citing the corruption mentioned above". Refworld. Retrieved 2021-08-11.

[:4-4] Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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