The recent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, at the pump has prompted a response from the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP).
In a statement sent to Drillogist on Wednesday and signed by Comrade James Ezema, the CNPP claimed that the increment came less than 60 days after “the Federal Government announced the removal of subsidy is a fresh pointer that the All Progressives Congress (APC) government has never been sincere with Nigerians on the subsidy issue.”
The major parties also supported the House of Representatives’ initiative to look into the recent nocturnal destruction of a vessel carrying stolen Nigerian crude oil without an investigation or legal action being taken against the culprits.
“In the last eight years, Nigerians have been subjected to misery as a result of the incessant increment in the pump price of petrol,” the statement read in part.
“Even after the said removal of subsidy on petrol, the Muhammadu Buhari administration continued to increase the pump price of petrol at will under the guise of fuel subsidy removal without adequate cushioning palliatives, leading to untold hardships Nigerians have continued to endure.
“Again, the APC government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, 29 May, 2023, scrapped the already removed subsidy announced by the Buhari administration in 2016. This, again, came with attendant food prices hikes.
“The continued increment of the pump price of petrol without any attempt to build refineries for local refining of petroleum products is unacceptable by Nigerians and a further evidence of insincerity on the part of the federal government, particularly the so called messianic APC administration
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