 Coupled with the demographic changes due to the high fertility rate since the country's independence, there was a significant subsection of the population between the ages of 0-14 accounting for 44.35% of the population in 1988.In light of the continuous reduction in fuel prices, a significant source of income for the country, it is evident how the link between an economic downturn and the outburst of protests is formed.With no evident sign of economic progress in sight, the youth, most of them from low-income neighborhoods, took to the streets to advocate for their basic human right- an equal chance to succeed in life.