Pump price increase: Tinubu governing on wrong advice — Ndume
The lawmaker representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, has called on President Bola Tinubu to consider the pain of Nigerians and cut down fuel and food prices.
According to Ndume, the astronomical increase in the prices of fuel, food, essential goods and services in the country is threatening the very existence of Nigerians.
Ndume said this in a statement on Friday.
He accused Tinubu’s administration of pushing for “harsh reforms and bad policies” instead of tackling the issues of inflation and exchange rate.
Though, this is coming after pump price was increased at NNPCL fuel stations to N1,030 per litre, on Wednesday, despite the already existing hardship occasioned by the abrupt removal of fuel subsidy and other draconian economic policies of President Tinubu’s administration.
Ndume lamented that families in Borno were suffering, adding that farmers could no longer transport their goods to the market for sale due to high cost of transpiration.
He said, “I personally believe President Bola Ahmed Tinubu mean well for Nigeria and Nigerians. I know this because I know what he stands for. But some of his advisers who don’t mean well for the people of this country give him wrong advice.
“I’m appealing to him to resist these bad people who want to pitch the people against his administration. The hardship these people are inflicting on Nigerians is becoming unbearable.
“As soon as the President returns to Nigeria, I urge him to look into these issues and address them urgently. The purchasing power of Nigerians is too poor, and they can’t afford the things that are being pushed on them every day by enemies of state.”