1989 Anti-SAP riots

1989 Anti-SAP Riots
Date24 May 1989 - June 1989
Location
Nigeria
Caused byEffects 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
ArrestedGani 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. The protesters included students, non students, employed workers, the unemployed, school children and hoodlums. The protests commenced on 24 May 1989.

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