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Atiku
berated Tinubu for promising to remove the petrol subsidy after the APC
has retained it for the last seven years and spent billions of dollars
subsidising criminality.
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Atiku Abubakar has lashed out at All Progressives Congres (APC),
president Muhammadu Buhari and the party's flagbearer in the 2023
presidential election, Bola Tinubu.
This followed Tinubu's utterance saying that he will remove petrol subsidy even if Nigerians protest.
In his Christmas message issued in Abuja on Saturday, Atiku stated
that Tinubu’s promise to remove fuel subsidy if he becomes the President
is a big slap on President Muhammadu Buhari‘s face.
He berated Tinubu for promising to remove the petrol subsidy after
the APC has retained it for the last seven years and spent billions of
dollars subsidising criminality.
Tinubu had in a luncheon with business owners in Lagos promised to
take bold decisions that will turn the economy around, including
removing fuel subsidy, which has rendered the country vulnerable and
broke.
The APC candidate stated that Nigeria will not continue to
subsidise fuel consumption in neighbouring countries even in the face of
protests by Nigerian workers.
He said: “How can we be subsidising fuel consumption of
Cameroon, of Niger, of Benin Republic. No matter how long you protest,
we are going to remove the subsidy. We can do it. We are educated
enough.”
According to the statement signed by his spokesman, Phrank Shaiubu,
Atiku said the statement made by the APC flagbearer is an indictment of
Buhari.
He promised Nigerians will not spend 2023 Christmas queuing for
petrol at filling stations if they vote for him in February next year.
The former Vice President said electing Tinubu in the forthcoming
presidential poll will be a reinforcement of failure which could push
Nigeria into an existential crisis.
Atiku asserted that Buhari, who is the Minister of Petroleum should
be blamed for the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, adding that
he has failed to bring succour to Nigerians who are suffering from
worsening inflation, unemployment and insecurity.
The statement reads: “Atiku Abubakar hereby promises Nigerians
that this will be their last Christmas that will be spent at a filling
station queuing for petrol. Voting for APC in February will be a
reinforcement of failure which could push Nigeria into an existential
crisis. To Nigerians, we say the ability to change your destiny lies in
your hands. Merry Christmas.
“With the fuel scarcity now continuing till December, the
government has run out of excuses even as most Nigerians are now at the
mercy of black marketers who sell petrol as high as N500 per litre. The
NNPC which is the sole importer of petrol has failed to live up to its
duties, clear evidence that its privatisation is merely cosmetic.
“But the biggest culprit in this mess is President Muhammadu
Buhari who is the minister of petroleum. It is saddening that he has
failed to bring succour to Nigerians who are suffering from worsening
inflation, unemployment and insecurity.
“It is disheartening that a country that claims to spend $40m
daily on petrol subsidy cannot still make the product available to its
people. This is clear evidence that the monies are going into private
pockets ahead of elections at the expense of Nigerians.
“The APC which is running for a third term through the person
of Bola Ahmed Tinubu is now promising renewed hope after dashing the
hopes of millions of Nigerians for the last eight years.
“It is exasperating that Tinubu is promising to remove petrol
subsidy when his party has retained it for the last seven years and
spent billions of dollars subsidising criminality. It is obvious that
Tinubu’s statement is an indictment of Buhari.
“Nigerians have suffered too much in these last seven years. A
country which has been unable to meet its OPEC quota at a time of oil
boom is now witnessing an unprecedented petrol scarcity that has brought
economic activities to its knees across the country.”
Atiku stated that the ruling APC had set a new record for the
longest petrol scarcity in the history of Nigeria, following the
importation of dirty petrol in January.
He continued, “The regime of the All Progressives Congress had set a new record of the longest petrol scarcity in the history of Nigeria.
“The petrol scarcity started in January 2022 on account of the
importation of dirty petrol high in methanol, with the Group Managing
Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mele Kyari,
explaining at the time that the petrol was brought in from Belgium.
“The House of Representatives led by Femi Gbajabiamila opened a
probe into the matter but nothing has been heard about the
investigation to date. This is not surprising since it is an APC
affair.” |
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