Following the l45 new pump price announced on Wednesday by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu.
Former governor of Kaduna state, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, who is a national leader of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has made an appeal urging the Federal Government to reverse the new pump price.
Musa who said this in an interview with Huhuonline. Com on Thursday in Kaduna, lamented that this new pump price will worsen the problems of Nigerians.
He said:
“We are in trouble; the already bad situation will get worse and it will worsen the poverty level of Nigerians,“ he said.
The politician said that he would support the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) planned mass protest to compel the Federal Government to reverse the decision.
Musa who is of the opinion that the proceeds from the new price of the product may only benefit some persons and caucuses among the government.
The former governor also urged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and well meaning Nigerians to join in imploring the government to reverse the decision “for the sake of the masses”.
