The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has advised President Bola Tinubu to seek help from former President, Goodluck Jonathan, on the economic crisis plaguing the country.
CityNews reports that there has been outrage in the country following the fuel price increase.
The retail stations of NNPC raised the price of petrol to ₦1,030 from ₦897/litre in Abuja and from ₦868/litre to ₦998/litre in Lagos. Other locations witnessed similar price hikes.
Reacting to the development during an interview with Punch, the National Secretary of the NNPP, Dipo Olaoyoku, said the current administration has shown that it does not have what it takes to save Nigeria.
He said, “As far as Nigeria is concerned, nothing shocks us anymore. This present government has no iota of solution to the problem of this country. When there is a crisis in the country, and you have a government that only looks for the easy way out, it means that Nigeria is on a long journey.
“How can a president announce the removal of subsidy on his first day on the job without ascertaining the extent of the subsidy and the people receiving it? Within the same week, you announced the floating of the naira. At that time, Nigeria was solely dependent on imported fuel, with the prices being determined by the naira
“This government is bereft of ideas. Unfortunately, if you look at the people he has appointed into offices, you cannot identify a competent one among them. I just pity Nigerians. After surviving the hurricane of Buhari, see what Nigeria has been reduced to. It is catastrophic. This government has no compassion for any Nigerian.”
The NNPP scribe also decried that rather than recruit technocrats from different walks of life, the President surrounded himself with his political friends and associates.
Olaoyoku suggested that unless Tinubu sought the help of experienced political administrators like Jonathan, the masses would continue to wallow under the yoke of hardship.
“Again, they can beg Dr Goodluck Jonathan for help on how he was able to retain the rate of the naira to the dollar at ₦200 before the APC came on board. Let them go and beg him” he added.
