The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the increase in the pump price of fuel to over N1,000 per liter in various parts of the country.
PDP, in a statement on Wednesday signed by Hon. Debo Ologunagba
National Publicity Secretary described the increase as a brutal assault on the sensibility and wellbeing of Nigerians by the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.
The party said the increase in fuel price especially at this time, is a huge recipe for crisis, saying Nigerians cannot bear its worsening effect on the suffocating economic hardship which they currently face under the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led APC administration.
The statement which reads in part said: “the APC administration has consistently shown itself to be anti-people, unconcerned and deaf to the agonies of millions of Nigerians who can no longer afford their daily meals, medications and basic support for families due to the catastrophic high cost of living occasioned by the insensitive and reckless policies of the Tinubu administration.
“Today, under the Tinubu-led APC administration over 150 million Nigerians have sunk below poverty line, businesses are collapsing daily as the Naira now exchange for over N1,600 to a Dollar with over 34% inflation rate and over 40% unemployment rate which are expected to rise further with the latest draconian increase in the price of fuel.
“The admission by the APC-led Federal Government that it has handed the fate of Nigerians to oil racketeers in the name of free market economy further validates the position of the PDP that the Tinubu-led administration has abdicated the primary purpose of government; which is to provide for the welfare and security of the citizens”.
