APC, PDP disagree on fuel price, electricity tariff hike
Wednesday’s approval of N51.58 as ex-depot price for a litre of petrol by the Petroleum Pricing Marketing Company has pitted the Federal Government against the rival Peoples Democratic Party .
In a statement by its spokesman Kola Ologbodiyan, the PDP rejected the latest increase in litre price of fuel and the increase in electricity tariff which came into effect on September 1. “It is distressing that the APC administration increased the cost of essential commodities at the time the leadership of other countries are offering palliatives to their citizens to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The APC berated the PDP over the latter’s unguided criticism of the current petrol price and electricity tariff in the country. “For successive PDP governments that foisted on the country a corruption-tainted fuel subsidy regime, we call on the PDP to surprise itself and indeed Nigerians by cajoling its cronies who ran the subsidy rackets – many of them in hiding abroad – to return our stolen commonwealth in their possession.
“For the PDP that is only concerned with pushing the interests of its few cronies over the general interest and welfare of the citizenry, we don’t expect the PDP to grasp the import of this landmark presidential directive which aside improving electricity and service delivery, is also protecting the poor and vulnerable Nigerians from increased electricity tariff and arbitrary/estimated billings.
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