…as PDP cautions FG on alleged move

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Federal Government on the alleged plans to increase the pump price of fuel above the prevailing price of N145 per litre.

In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, yesterday, the party asked the government to perish the thought, saying that such would not only be criminal but inhuman and completely unacceptable to Nigerians.

The opposition party said its investigation had shown that the Federal Government was lying to Nigerians on oil-related issues while using the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to bandy figures with intentions to arrive at the government’s predetermined agenda to increase the price of fuel.

The statement further stated that the lingering fuel crisis and its attendant eblack-market costs were only a ploy by the ruling party to justify its intended hike of petroleum prices.

The PDP accused the government of having completely become numbed to the sufferings of Nigerians to the extent that it no longer cares to impose more hardship on our people.

“Instead of putting more burden on the people, the APC Government should come out clear on sleazes in the oil sector under its watch, particularly the shady oil subsidy payouts and illegal lifting of N1.1 trillion worth of crude, using unregistered companies,” the statement added.

It recalled that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had in December informed Nigerians that the NNPC had been paying subsidy on fuel.

The party challenged the government to tell Nigerians who the beneficiaries of the subsidy were, the amount involved and who authorised the payment. It alleged that there was inherent corruption in the deal.

“Any increase in fuel pump price would be an indirect tax on Nigerians to fund APC interests, and considering the pains Nigerians have suffered under this inept and unfeeling government, this intended hike will be callous.

“It is now clear to all that this APC-controlled government will never act in the interest of Nigerians. All the actions and policies of APC, in their close to three years in office, have been targeted against Nigerians, and there are no signals that they will change.

“We therefore urge Nigerians to reject this plot to raise the prices of petroleum products even as they gear towards using the next election to end the misrule of the APC,” the statement added.

 

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