Rivers doctors, residents lament high pump price of petrol
17 September 2024 |
2:12 am
Medical doctors and residents of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, have urged the Federal Government to review its economic policies and fix the nation’s refineries to cushion the harsh effects of the subsidy removal on the people.
Seek review of economic policies, rehabilitation of refineries
Medical doctors and residents of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, have urged the Federal Government to review its economic policies and fix the nation’s refineries to cushion the harsh effects of the subsidy removal on the people.
They regretted that the Dangote refinery came on stream amid economic hardships in the country, expressing sadness that the Dangote petrol entered the market with a sharp rise in the pump price.
They noted that only the government-owned refineries can address the high cost of petrol, condemning the controversial increase in fuel pump prices. A motorist in Port Harcourt, Michael Uzoechi, lamented: “They raised our hopes and assured us that if Dangote finishes his refinery, everything will normalise, price of fuel will reduce; but look at us today, price of fuel has tripled with the arrival of Dangote petrol.
“This shows that our leaders are deceiving us, and it’s sad to say that the leaders are our real problem. They are not sincere. If they can sincerely fix the refineries across the country, I believe the cost of petrol will reduce.”
A civil servant, who lives at Rumosi axis of Obio-Akpor Local Council and works at the Ministry of Environment, Rivers State Secretariat, lamented that he spent about N3,000 going to work daily unlike a year ago when the same distance cost him about N800.
He said that the saddening reality is that his salary remains unchanged. “The President needs to do something urgently; we are in pain and hardship; prices of items have gone up rapidly,” he stated. He expressed sadness that the long-awaited Dangote petrol arrived at a high cost.
MEANWHILE, the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP) has warned that it would not hesitate to down tools should any of its members in any state get kidnapped or assaulted.
This is as the body called on President Bola Tinubu to review its economic policies to cushion the harsh effect of the subsidy removal on the people and revamp the security architecture in the country to end kidnapping and other forms of assault on the citizenry.
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