- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has criticized the recent increase in fuel prices to over N1,000 per litre
- The PDP has demanded that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu reverse the fuel price hike and review other policies
- The PDP highlighted the severe economic impact of the price increase, noting that over 150 million Nigerians are below the poverty line
PDP slams Tinubu’s government over fuel price hike
Photo credit: @officialABAT/@officialPDPSource: Twitter”A Recipe for Crisis,” PDP speaks”The thoughtless increase in fuel price, especially at this time, is a huge recipe for crisis as Nigerians cannot bear its worsening effect on the suffocating economic hardship which they currently face under the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led APC administration.”PDP: How Tinubu’s govt is pushing Nigerians to the wall”The secretive and corrupt administration of the petroleum sector and persistent increase in fuel price under the Tinubu administration without due regard to the well-being of the people is akin to pushing Nigerians to the wall and daring them to do their worst.”Calls for reversal and accountability”Our party restates that with a deft, transparent, and innovative management of resources, economic potentials, comparative advantage, and national refining capacity, petrol should not sell more than N250 per liter in Nigeria.”PDP described Nigeria as “A nation in peril”We feel betrayed, NLC reacts to fuel price hike
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