Obi of Onitsha says fuel subsidy removal deepened hardship, decry insecurity in South-East
The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe has said that the unilateral removal of fuel price subsidy without a back-up strategy was seriously deepening the hardship in the country.
Achebe who spoke at the 22nd Onitsha Ofala festival also decried the spate of insecurity in South-East geopolitical zone.
He called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s led federal government to suggest an alternative to amilorating the hardship Nigerians currently passing through across the country as a result of the fuel subsidy removal.
“The outcome of the Presidential election which has been upheld by the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal (PEPT), has been further challenged at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Furthermore, the Civil Society Organizations have announced an extended civil disobedience agenda to occupy Nigeria in protest against the non-transperency of the PEPT, in which would have been averted if INEC had convincingly conducted transperant elections with the massive resources at its disposal.
“The uncertainty has been further complicated by the continuing security concerns in most parts of the country.