By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
A chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo on Monday, tasked the federal government to use the Nigeria’s 64th Independence anniversary to bring succour to Nigerians.
Ambassador Ajadi in a statement, said the government should let Nigerians know that the country is truly an independent nation by carrying out actions that will give Nigerians succour from the harsh economic situation prevailing in the country.
The NNPP Chieftain called on the Federal Government to reshape the economy and find solution to the high prices of petroleum products, adding that an independent nation should be free from economic dependency like refining of crude oil in foreign countries.
According to Ambassador Ajadi,the situation in the country becomes terrible because “there is absolutely poor electricity supply with the whole country being in darkness and while Nigerians are used to power from their generating sets with diesel and Petroleum Motor Spirit, the petroleum products are unavailable and costly”.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu must as the Minister of Petroleum find solution to the current non availability of fuel in the country. It is sad that we are witnessing scarcity of petroleum now that Nigerians are celebrating little reduction in the prices of foodstuffs”, he said
Ambassador Ajadi added, “We are back to Square One, due to high cost of transportation as a result of high cost of petroleum products. The president must do something urgently by reducing the prices of petroleum products.
“The President should also finds way of crashing prices of foodstuffs, as an average Nigeria cannot afford three square meals a day. We cannot continue like this as a country and the President needs to summon courage and find lasting solution to the high cost of living in all parts of the country”
He stressed further Nigerians were happy at independence in 1960 and the expectations were very high of positive impacts but sadly after 64 years Nigerians have not got any relieve.
“The government should also listen to the protesters by addressing their demands as they meant well for all Nigerians”, Ajadi said.
Ambassador Ajadi then called on the former Presidents and other statesmen in the country to use the occasion of the independence to come out and find solution to the current problem bedeviling the country.
“What is currently happening should be look at beyond politics. Former Presidents and other statesmen should come out to proffer solutions to the problems bedeviling the country”.
