PDP condemns tariffs, petrol price increases

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the increases in tariffs of various services and the cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), which it said now sells for over N1000 per liter across the country.

In a message congratulating Nigerian workers on the occasion of Workers’ Day on Wednesday, the main opposition party called on them to use their resilient spirit to resist all anti-people tendencies that seek to compromise and undermine the democratic tenets of freedom, rule of law, accountability, and probity in the country.

A statement signed by Debo Ologunagba, National Publicity Secretary, saluted Nigerian workers for “remaining steadfast as real drivers of the national economy despite the asphyxiating and life-discounting conditions occasioned by the ill-implemented economic and fiscal policies of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.”

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The PDP said it is deeply distraught that Nigerian workers and indeed millions of other citizens have, in the last nine years, been subjected to misery, harrowing economic hardship, and worsening insecurity by the rudderless and insensitive APC administrations, which have wrecked the nation’s productive sectors and brought distress to our national life.

The statement added: “The PDP particularly condemns the continuing increase in electricity tariffs and the price of petroleum products, with petrol now selling at over N1000 per liter in various parts of the country; a situation that has resulted in astronomical increase in the cost of living and worsened the economic hardship in the country.

“As the Party of the people, the PDP demands that the APC-led Federal Government end its insensitivity towards Nigerians and use the occasion of the Workers’ Day to review all its retrogressive policies and take urgent action towards addressing issues that have a direct bearing on the welfare of the citizens.”

The PDP, however, urged Nigerian workers and indeed all citizens not to give up hope but remain steadfast in their commitment towards a stable, united, and prosperous nation, especially at this challenging time.

The party celebrated the workers and wished them a happy Workers’ Day celebration.