Gani Adams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, expressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that Nigerians didn’t expect this level of difficulty.
According to a statement from his spokesperson, Kehinde Aderemi, on Thursday, the leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) expressed concern about the current economic difficulties in the country caused by the removal of fuel subsidy.
Although it is important for him to express his thoughts, the traditional leader mentioned that this behavior was unexpected from a President who hails from the South-West region.
Kicking against the hardship brought about by the removal of fuel subsidy, Gani Adams pointed out that commodities like Power, health, food, and other necessities of life are being subsidised all over the world.
Adams said, “This situation is becoming very unbearable. There is no country in the world like Nigeria (a major producer of oil) where the citizens are groaning in pain over an insensitive increase in the prices of fuel.
“We knew how much we bought fuel before now. Nigeria is yet to survive the subsidy removal that led to the sudden increase in the price of fuel from N187 to N500 per litre before it was jerked up to N617 per litre within two months. It is painful. No sensitive government would be happy when its citizens were suffering.
“It is imperative for me to speak up, especially with what we are experiencing now in the country. It is unfortunate; this is not what we expect from a President who is coming from the South-West region of the country.
“A father must work on the best way to solve the problem of the children.
“All over the world, many things have been subsidised in the interest of the mass of the people. Power, health, food, and other necessities of life are being subsidised.
“Petrol, being the main commodity that moves the economy, and now the same product is being sold for N617 per litre. It is unbearable.
“For instance, an ordinary Nigerian worker travelling from the mainland to the island on a weekly basis would spend 25 litres of fuel per day—that is over N15,000 naira.”
