PDP, APC tango over fuel price, electricity tariff hikes

The People’s Democratic Party’s National Chairman Prince Uche Secondus yesterday alleged that the All Progressives Congress had failed on its campaign promises.

Secondus, who addressed newsmen yesterday in Abuja against the backdrop of increased fuel price and hike in electricity tariff, said the Buhari administration had caused pains and hardship to Nigerians through its alleged draconian policies and programmes.

He advised the government to allow the private sector to drive the economy in the interest of Nigerians and the nation.

“They made several promises including reducing the pump price of fuel; allowing the refineries to work. They made a firm commitment and promise to the people. They also promised that the Naira will be equal to one dollar.

“On the issue of security, by 2015, it was only North East. But today, the insecurity has engulfed all sections of this country. Our people are dying, no more farmland, our people are dying of hunger, poverty, herdsmen, the crime rate has risen to the highest level,” he said.

Reacting, the APC Deputy

National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, alleged that Nigerians suffered more during the PDP’s reign.

“Describing the deregulation of the price of petrol by the APC-led government as callous and cruel is rather sarcastic and tongue-in-cheek, given the pain and anguish suffered by Nigerians on long queues at petrol stations when the PDPled government presided over a very corrupt subsidy regime.

“It’s therefore laughable that the same set of people will turn around and condemn decisions taken to fix the mess they created in the system.

“The PDP’s outburst indeed exposes once again its real fraudulent character and plot to patronize Nigerians and make them suffer in perpetuity by keeping a fraudulent subsidy arrangement that feeds a few individuals at the expense of the masses.”