PDP To FG, APC: Perish Your Thoughts On Fuel Price Hike

The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, said that its investigations have shown that the Federal Government has been lying to Nigerians on oil related issues. 

It specifically accused the government of using the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to bandy figures with intentions to arrive at the APC-led government predetermined agenda to increase the price of fuel.

The PDP noted 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.

Ologbondiyan further 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 PDP advised that instead of putting more burden on the people, the APC Government should come out clear on sleaze 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.

It 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. 

Recalling that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had in December informed Nigerians that the NNPC has been paying subsidy on fuel, the PDP urged Nigerians to reject the plot to raise the prices of petroleum products even as they gear towards using the next election to end the misrule of the APC.