Dino Melaye And Other APC Senators React: FG Is Evil And Deceptive,Give Buhari 7 Days Ultimatum
President Buhari has got 7-days to
revert fuel price to the old pump price or stand the risk of civil
disobedience taking over Nigeria.
According to reports, Dino Melaye has
threatened to mobilise Nigerians against the Buhari-led administration
if it does not revert to the old pump price of petrol within seven days.
Melaye, who participated actively in the
#OcuppyNigeria protests, which forced the government of former
President Goodluck Jonathan to shelve the idea of removing fuel subsidy,
accused the current administration of going against the campaign
promises of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He reportedly asked John Oyegun, national chairman of the party, to advise Buhari to revoke the increment.
“My sincere advise is for the
National Chairman of our party to suggest that the federal government
immediately reverse the announced increase in the pump price of PMS,” he wrote on Facebook.
My
sincere advise is for the National Chairman of party to our party to
suggest that the federal government immediately reverse the announced
increase in the pump price of PMS. If after 7days from Monday there is
no reversal, I will mobilize Nigerians from all walks of life for the
mother of all protest. This is not what we promised Nigerians. The time
is not right and the negative effects will be unbearable. A word is
enough for the wise.
Dino Melaye
“If after seven days from Monday, there
is no reversal, I will mobilise Nigerians from all walks of life for the
mother of all protest. This is not what we promised Nigerians.
“The time is not right and the negative effects will be unbearable. A word is enough for the wise.
” Melaye is not the first APC senator to
oppose the new price regime in the oil sector. Senator Shehu Sani, the
lawmaker representing Kaduna central senatorial district, has also
expressed reservation over the hike in fuel price.
Sani, a renowned activist, also took part in the anti-subsidy protest in 2012, said:
“My position remains unchanged,
crystal clear and unwavering; I stand opposed to the removal of
petroleum subsidy and I stand opposed to increase in pump price of
petroleum products,” he said.
“It will do nothing other than add to the suffering and further impoverish the masses of our people.
“It amounts to capitulation and
outright deception for those of us who led millions of people, out in
the street, few years ago, against pump price increase and against
subsidy removal to now give economic excuses to justify same.
“The moral flag we raised in the past is now the scale of justice to measure the degree of our conscience in the present.”
In the same vein, Alhaji Balarabe Musa
has reacted to the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government
noted that the move spells doom for the country.
The subsidy was removed on Wednesday,
May 11 following a meeting between the minister of state for petroleum
and stakeholders of the petroleum industry.
Kachiku said the decision to remove subsidy and deregulate the sector was born out of necessity.
He said the removal would open the market and solve the problem of scarcity.
He said the removal will positively
affect the economy as it will allow government focus on other sectors
like power generation and security.
NAN reports that Musa who is also a
national leader of the Peoples Redemption Party said on Thursday, May 12
in Kaduna that the action of the government would bring more pain to
Nigerians.
“We are in trouble; the already bad situation will get worse and it will worsen the poverty level of Nigerians,” he said.
Musa assured that he would support the
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in its plan to stage a mass protest to
compel the federal government to reverse the decision.
The politician alleged that the fund garnered from the subsidy removal would also benefit a few persons at the top.
Meanwhile, Jide Jimoh, the lawmaker
representing Mainland constituency in the House of Representatives, has
noted that the increment in pump price was aimed at the greater good of
Nigerians.
“The increment in fuel price is not
to put Nigerians into any form of hardship but to bring change that will
bring lasting enjoyment afterward,” he said.
“I believe Nigerians will smile and
there shall be light at the end of the tunnel but Nigerians must
understand that President Buhari meant good for the country,” Jimoh
buttressed.
Calling on all Nigerians to be patient, the lawmaker said: “What
is of necessity now is for all of us to rationalise and be creative and
at the end of the day allow wisdom to prevail in this circumstance.
“I know Buhari has promised us very
good things but the rate at which Nigerians are now getting involved
like queuing up endlessly without having the petroleum product is not
good for us.”
Jimoh called on the federal government
to embark on massive provision of buses and rejuvenation of rail lines
to cushion the effect.
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