Fuel Price Increment Is Wicked,Fraudulent – Fayose

Following the increment in the price of petrol to N145 per litre, the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said that the decision was both wicked and fraudulent.

He termed the increment as wickedness taken too far asking if: “the Federal Government was paying up to N58.50 as subsidy on one litre of petrol before now?”

He also reiterated his call on Nigerians, especially the labour movement to resist what he called “this wicked act of President Buhari and his party”, adding that; “those who opposed removal of fuel subsidy in 2012 and funded the Occupy Nigeria protest must not be allowed to get away with this imposition of hardship on Nigerians now that they are in power.”

 “Nigerians should be reminded that the president once said that petrol subsidy never existed and that it was a fraud. How then can the same President Buhari tell us that he has removed the same subsidy he claimed never existed?

“The reality is that these people lied to Nigerians too much. They made promises they knew they won’t fulfill just to get to power. Now they are showing Nigerians their true colours. They are showing Nigerians that they have come to punish them with hardship.

“Buhari and his APC promised to reduce petrol pump price to from N87 to N45 per litre; petrol is now N145. They promised to create three million jobs per year; they have instead created millions of unemployment. They said $1 will be equal to N1; $1 is now N320,” he lashed out.