“When they were seeking for votes from Nigerians, they promised to reduce petrol pump price from N87 to N45 per litre, they promised to create three million jobs per year, they said $1 will be equal to N1 and above all, they promised to pay unemployed youths N5, 000 stipends and provide one meal a day to pupils nationwide.
Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has accused the Federal Government of insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians with the latest increase in the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol.
Fayose said the hike was a “demonstration of the level of hatred the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government had for Nigerians.”
Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, had earlier on Wednesday announced that effective from Wednesday, May 11, the new pump price would not be more than N145 per litre.
The Ekiti governor said he was waiting for the reaction of those who took to the streets to protest when fuel subsidy was removed by the Dr Goodluck Jonathan administration in 2012.
He urged labour unions in the country to stand by their members always, not minding the political party in government
Fayose in a statement on Wednesday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said the latest hike in pump price of petrol was another vindication of of his predictions on what to expect in 2016.
The governor alleged that the scarcity of petrol being experienced in the last three months was deliberately orchestrated by the federal government to pave way for the already conceived increment.
He said: “Nigerians are now left at the mercy of political liars who took over power by deception and are governing by deceit.
“When they were seeking for votes from Nigerians, they promised to reduce petrol pump price to from N87 to N45 per litre, they promised to create three million jobs per year, they said $1 will be equal to N1 and above all, they promised to pay unemployed youths N5, 000 stipends and provide one meal a day to pupils nationwide.
“Instead of fulfilling their promises, they have increased petrol pump price to N145 per litre, increased electricity tariffs, retrenched thousands of workers and imposed untold hardships on Nigerians.
“As they did in 2012, if labour leaders do not also stand up for the people at this time, posterity will not forgive them.”
