PDP youth say fuel increment an act of cruelty

According to the group, the increase is senseless
and a height of cruelty against the Nigerian people.
The group through their President, Kaduna State PDP Patriotic
Youth Front, Comrade Danjuma Bello Sarki , said it is so
callous for a government that have not added any value to the
economic well-being of its people since it assumed office almost
a year ago to dish out such obnoxious policy on the same people
that voted it into office.
"There is no justification that despite the decrease in
international price of oil, which is today hovering
around $45 Nigerians are still made to buy N145/
Litre ."
"This shows that the present government have lost
touch with the yearning and aspirations of the
masses. We believe that no sensible government
would contemplate increase in price of Petroleum
product at a time like this when Nigerians are
obviously going through excruciating hardship and
lack, where prices of household commodity are
avoidable skyrocketing," the president of the group said in a
statement made available to Pulse.
"It is absolutely deceptive that Buhari, Osinbajo and
the APC who vehemently rejected the deregulation of
the downstream sector by the past administration and
during the last campaigns promised to reduce the
pump price of petrol from N87 to N45 has now
decided to insult the sensibility of Nigerian by this
increase ."
"This decision of the APC administration has further
exposed their disconnect with the people and has
once again prove their insensitivity to the plight of the
common man. It obviously shows that Buhari and his
APC co-travellers are not interested in improving the
welfare of the downtrodden, but derive joy in
inflicting untold hardship on the people ," the group said.
The PDP youth said the economic hardship that would follow if
the decision of the fuel increment is allowed to stand will be
vicious.
"There is the need for all Nigerians to reject and
resist this increment. We strongly condemned this
action of the APC government in its entirety and call
on the Nigerian labour Congress, civil society
organizations and all well-meaning Nigerians to stand
up against this heinous act. We demand the
immediate reversal of this harsh policy in the interest
of the masses and for peace to reign ."