The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Thursday tackled President Bola Tinubu over the rising price of fuel, describing it as a brutal assault on the sensibility and wellbeing of Nigerians by the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.
In a statement made available to Blueprint, the party national publicity secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, described the increase in fuel price especially at this time, as thoughtless.
The worsening effect of the action, he said, is suffocation of the economy.
It reads: “The secretive and corrupt administration of the petroleum sector and persistent increase in fuel price under the Tinubu-administration without due regard to the wellbeing of the people is akin to pushing Nigerians to the wall and daring them to do their worse.
“The APC administration has consistently shown itself to be anti-people, unconcerned and deaf to the agonies of millions of Nigerians who can no longer afford their daily meals, medications and basic support for families.
“Today, under the Tinubu-led APC administration, over 150 million Nigerians have sunk below poverty line, businesses are collapsing daily as the naira now exchange for over N1,600 to a dollar with over 34% inflation rate and over 40% unemployment rate which are expected to rise further with the latest draconian increase in the price of fuel.