HURIDE/CD Condemn Planned Increase of Fuel Pump Price.....As NNPC denies plan to hike fuel price

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The Human Rights, Liberty Access, and Peace Defenders Foundation (HURIDE), has condemned the plan by the newly appointed Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroluem Company (NNPC), to  increase fuel pump price in the country.

In a press statement issued in Onitsha, Anambra state by Dede Uzor A Uzor, the Chairman Board of Trustees (B.o.T) HURIDE and National Publicity Secretary, Campaign for Democracy (CD), this  increase amount to a plot to increase the  suffering of Nigerian  masses of this country.



He said "Nigerians have been undergoing serious economic suffering in the hands of APC led Federal government.

Over one  million citizens have been plunged into poverty since the inception of this regime.

Price of fuel has been increased for the second time in the last six  years of this oppressive regime and the criminal increments are not reflecting in the lives of ordinary citizens.

Over 25,000 citizens have been murdered because of lack of security with criminality being  baptized with different names like Boko Haram, banditry, armed men,armed robbery, kidnapping,armed Fulani herdsmen,assassination and among others"
Recently, he said, the Federal government approved $1 million for improvement of security nationwide but this  huge amount has not improved  capacity of Nigerian security apparatus.

He said that they  learnt that an average of 20 citizens died everyday as a result of insecurity nationwide and criminality

He further said "Nigerians have  been experiencing their worst economic decays in the development of infrastructural development since the advancement of democracy in Nigeria.

"We call on the the new NNPC managing director to immediately resign his appointment for lack of vision and plot to obnoxiously murder many Nigerians  through  his planned fuel increment" he said.

HURIDE boss advised Nigerians to resist this oppressive regime by coming out in mass to protest against this despotic administration cum regime.

"We should adopt the Venezuela method to push out  unpopular and dictatorial regime who value animals more than her citizens.

Nigerians should take their destiny in their own hands.
Enough is enough" Dede Uzor warned.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, debunked claims of a planned increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol.   Fuel

In a statement in Abuja, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, advised motorists and other petroleum products consumers to disregard trending rumour of a planned hike in the pump price of petrol.

 Ughamadu insisted that the statement of the NNPC Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari, at the National Assembly, Wednesday, did not suggest any plan to increase the price of the white product.

 He clarified that what the NNPC GMD stated during his engagement with the Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawan, at the National Assembly was that the price of petrol was abysmally low in Nigeria compared to what obtained in neighbouring West African countries.