CNPP says fuel price rises expose bad successive APC administrations
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Bola Tinubu has come up for raps from the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) which sees the second rise in the price of petrol since the beginning of his presidency as confirmation of his insincerity.
CNPP Deputy National Publicity Secretary James Ezema noted the latest price increase came less than 60 days after Tinubu announced the removal of subsidy at his inauguration on May 29.
“It is a fresh pointer that the All Progressives Congress (APC) government has never been sincere with Nigerians on the subsidy issue,” Ezema said in a statement.
The CNPP expressed support for the move by the House of Representatives “to investigate the overnight destruction of a vessel with stolen Nigerian crude oil recently without investigation or prosecution of the culprits.”
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Nigerians subjected to misery
Ezema recounted that “in the last eight years, Nigerians have been subjected to misery as a result of the incessant increment in the pump price of petrol..
“Even after the said removal of subsidy on petrol, the Muhammadu Buhari administration continued to increase the pump price of petrol at will under the guise of fuel subsidy removal without adequate cushioning palliatives, leading to untold hardships Nigerians have continued to endure,” he added, via reporting by Daily Post.
“Again, the APC government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, 29 May, 2023, scrapped the already removed subsidy announced by the Buhari administration in 2016. This, again, came with attendant food prices hikes.
“The continued increment of the pump price of petrol without any attempt to build refineries for local refining of petroleum products is unacceptable by Nigerians and a further evidence of insincerity on the part of the federal government, particularly the so-called messianic APC administrations.”