Following the fuel scarcity in major parts of Nigeria, the South-West Chapter of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has called for a review of the fuel subsidy removal by the President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.
The South-West NNPP, in a statement on Tuesday signed by its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Kilamuwaye Badmus, stated that what the President Tinubu-led government told Nigerians was that with the fuel subsidy removal, there would be no scarcity of essential products.
However, the hardship Nigerians have been subjected to in the past days shows that petroleum products are still regulated by the Federal Government. Badmus said since the removal of the fuel subsidy has failed, the best course of action for the APC-led administration is to carry out an urgent review of the policy.
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According to the South-West NNPP, “Nigerians have witnessed untold hardship in the past few days due to the scarcity of petroleum products in the country.
Fuel stations across the country are closed, resulting in fewer cars and commercial vehicles on the roads, leading to the suffering of workers and other commuters. Several students are stranded by the roadside.
The few fuel stations selling fuel are doing so at cutthroat prices. If you are lucky to get commercial transportation, you should be ready to pay more than you already budgeted. This situation has shown that the fuel subsidy removal by the Tinubu-led administration is a failure and there is a need for the urgent review of the policy.
This hardship, coupled with the high cost of foodstuffs, has put ordinary Nigerians in a tight corner. The APC-led Federal Government must put on its thinking cap and save the masses from this hardship.”
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