The
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has reacted to the persistent fuel
scarcity in the country and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign for
failing to ending the crisis.
He said the federal government was showing a
“nonchalant attitude” towards the fuel situation which had affected economic
activities across the country in the last three weeks.
The governor who spoke through his Special
Assistant on Public Communication and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said it was
unfortunate that the fuel scarcity was biting harder under the watch of the
president as the Minister of Petroleum.
“Already, fuel is being sold officially at
between N180 and N200 at petrol stations across the country,” said Mr. Fayose.
“It is sad that this Buhari’s APC government
had to choose this Christmas and New Year period to ground Nigeria with the
fuel scarcity that it deliberately orchestrated.
“It is obvious that the president has failed in
all ramifications and he needs to do Nigerians a favour by relinquishing the
portfolio of minister of petroleum.
“Like I said a few days ago, what the federal
government is doing is to create scarcity so that Nigerians will be willing to
buy at any price, provided the product is made available.
“It was to achieve this planned increment of
petrol pump price that they restricted supply of petrol to NNPC alone.”
The governor noted that the only option to
rescue Nigeria now “from being brought down completely is to vote out Buhari
and his APC in 2019.”
- Premium Times
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