Some Benue residents have lamented the excessive transport fares regardless of the Federal Government place of lowering petrol costs in filling stations owned by Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
Some of the Makurdi residents who spoke with LEADERSHIP questioned the FG low cost of N1,350 per litre, stressing that it has no influence on the residents who battle each day to pay for the excessive value of residing attributable to gasoline value.
A Makurdi based mostly business bus driver, Torna Samuel said, “The Federal Government announced fuel discount of N1,350 per litre at NNPCL filling stations but is good as there was no discount at all because there was no relief for Nigerians. I call on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to review this initiative and bring down the price of fuel”
A dealer at Wurukum Market alongside Abu King Shuluwa Road, Makurdi, Robert Oryima accused the federal government of not doing sufficient to deal with the plight of Nigerians, “To me the Federal Government’s transport palliative and reduction of fuel price at NNPCL fuel stations was a cosmetic initiative to win votes ahead of 2027 general elections. Government knows what it can do to bring fuel price down but government is using our predicament to play politics with it”
A traveller, Gabriel Tyowase, instructed our correspondent that, “Transport fares is still high despite fuel discount by the government. I travel regularly to Abuja and some other parts of the country for businesses but transport fare remains same just like before government announcement” he lamented.
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