FG planning to increase fuel pump price to N185 – Gov Fayose

The governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has accused the Federal Government of deliberately creating artificial scarcity of petrol in order to increase the fuel pump price from N145 to N185.

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He maintained that the All Progressives Congress-led federal government was punishing Nigerians with fuel scarcity so as to achieve its planned raise of petrol pump price from N145 to not less than N185 per litre.
The governor stated these in a press release issued on Friday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka.
In Ado Ekiti, there were long queues in Bovas filling stations in Adebayo and Bank roads as well as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation mega station on Iworoko Road.
Fayose said, “Already, fuel is being sold officially at between N180 and N200 at petrol stations across the country.

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“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, who sympathised with Nigerians for the hardship said that the only option to rescue Nigeria now “from being brought down completely is to vote out Buhari and his APC in 2019.”

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