A civil society group under the the Edo Civil Society Organisations trooped out on Monday to protest the current nationwide hardship caused by the removal of fuel subsidy.
The Editor recalls that President Bola Tinubu had, on his inauguration day, May 29, declared an end to the fuel subsidy regime.
The pronouncement led to an increase in the pump price of petrol from N189 per litre to N500 per litre.
Also, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) last Tuesday, increased the price of petrol again to N617 per litre.
President Tinubu, in an attempt to cushion the effects of the hardship created by the removal, proposed to give N8,000 to 12 million households for six months, a measure that was suspended over a barrage of criticisms.
However, the protesters, who flooded major streets in Benin City, described the N8,000 palliative as an insult.
They argued that politicians are running governance at a high cost at the expense of the masses.
The protestors were seen carrying several placards bearing different captions like ‘FG Fix Our Refineries,’ ‘Kill Corruption, not Nigerians,’ ‘Poor Nigerians Lives Matter, ‘We Say No To Constant Increment In PMS,’ ‘How Did NNPCL Become Fuel Price Requlator’ ‘N8,000 Palliatives, and ‘What An Insult’ among others
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