Civil society groups, students and workers have stormed the streets of Ibadan to protest against the increase in the price of petrol and electricity tariff.
Metronews recalls that the Federal Government last Wednesday through the Petroleum Pricing Marketing Company (PPMC) increased the ex-depot price of petrol from N138 to NN151.56 per litre, triggering marketers to increase pump price from N148 to N162 per litre.
The protesters who assembled at the Awolowo Junction area of the state capital outrightly condemned the policies of the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Angered by the various increase, the protesters took to the streets while carrying different placards with inscriptions to convey their disapproval, while chanting anti-government songs.
Speaking to The Punch, Chairman, Joint Campus Committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Mayowa Opakunle, said, “We are out on the streets to register our grievances and show our displeasure at the wicked policies and unjust treatment of Nigerians by the Federal Government.
“We say no to fuel price hike and electricity tariff increment at this period when many people have lost their jobs, many have not even been paid salaries for the past six months.
“Prices of food, other goods and services have continued to increase while salaries are either being slashed into half for so many while others don’t even get at all.
“But despite these hardships, the government has continued to increase prices of commodities. The consistent show of ineptitude and cluelessness on the part of the President and his cabinet is worrisome.”
