The removal of fuel subsidy which led to the sudden increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) has taken a negative toll on residents of the
Benue State especially civil servants majority of whom have stopped going to the office because of increase in transport fare.
In an interview with LEADERSHIP, a civil servant who do not want her name in print said her landlord was at the verge of throwing her out of the house since she cannot afford to pay her rent again and she has exhausted every avenue of pleading with him to give her more time in order to pay up.
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