Protest have broken out in Ibadan over the recent fuel price hike as well increases in electricity tariff.
This follows the announcement last Wednesday by the Federal Government through the Petroleum Pricing Marketing Company (PPMC) that the ex-depot price of fuel will rise from N138 to N151.56.
The hike triggered an increase in the pump price from N148 to N162 per litre. Another price hike was made on the electricity tariff effective, September 1.
However, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) released a document that showed that users of less than 12 hours of electricity supply would pay less.
Angry protesters took to the streets of the Oyo State capital, Ibadan carry placards that displayed their disapproval of the price reviews.
They converged on the Awolowo Junction to condemn the policies of the Federal Government, describing it as wicked.
Leader of one of the protest groups and Chairman, Joint Campus Committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Mayowa Opakunle said that:
“We are out on the streets to register our grievances and show our displeasure at the wicked policies and unjust treatment of Nigerians by the Federal Government.
We say no to fuel price hike and electricity tariff increment at this period when many people have lost their jobs, many have not even been paid salaries for the past six months.
Opakunle added that prices of food, other goods and services have continued to increase while salaries are either being slashed into half for so many while others don’t even get at all.
“But despite these hardships, the government has continued to increase prices of commodities. The consistent show of ineptitude and cluelessness on the part of the president and his cabinet is worrisome.”
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