By Valentine Amanze
Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has again condemned the
Federal Government of Nigeria over its nonchalant attitude towards ending the current fuel scarcity across the country.
He also called for the immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari as the minister of
petroleum.
The governor reiterated his position that the All Progressives
Congress (APC) Federal Government was punishing Nigerians with fuel scarcity to achieve its planned increment of petrol pump price
from N145 to not less than N185 per litre.
He added: “Already, fuel is being sold officially at between N180 and N200 at petrol stations
across the country.”
Fayose via his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said, “It is sad that this Buhari’s APC government had to choose this Christmas and New Year period to ground Nigeria with the fuel scarcity that it deliberately orchestrated.”
The governor called for the immediate resignation of President Buhari
as the Minister of Petroleum, stressing, “it is obvious that the
president has failed in all ramifications and he needs to do Nigerians a favour by relinquishing the portfolio of minister of petroleum.
“Like I said a few days ago, what the federal
government is doing is to create scarcity so that Nigerians will be
willing to buy at any price, provided the product is available.
“It was to achieve this planned increment of petrol pump price that they restricted supply of petrol to NNPC alone.”
The governor, who sympathized with Nigerians for the hardship they are forced to experience
by the APC government, said, “I warned
Nigerians before President Buhari was elected and I am telling
Nigerians now that the only option to rescue our country from being brought down completely is to vote out Buhari and his APC in 2019.”
