Perish Your Thoughts on Fuel Price Hike, PDP Tells FG, APC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday told the APC Federal
Government to perish the thoughts of hiking the per litre price of fuel
from the already exorbitant N145 per liter, saying such would not only
be criminal but inhuman and completely unacceptable.


The party said investigations have shown that the Federal Government has
been lying to Nigerians on oil related issues while using the NNPC to
bandy figures with intentions to arrive at APC’s predetermined agenda to
increase the price of fuel.


The PDP further stated that the lingering fuel crisis and its attendant
black-market costs were only a ploy by the APC to justify their intended
hike of petroleum prices.


PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement on
Friday said the APC Government has completely become numbed to the
sufferings of Nigerians to the extent that it no longer care in imposing
more hardship on our people.


The party said 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.


Recalling that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had in December informed
Nigerians that the NNPC has been paying subsidy on fuel, the PDP said
the Federal Government has refused to tell Nigerians who the
beneficiaries are, the amount involved and who authorized the payment,
because of the 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.