Reverse petrol price hike – Kwara union begs FG

The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union, IEDPU, the apex sociocultural organisation of the people of Ilorin Emirate in Kwara State, has joined other stakeholders across the country in appealing to the Federal Government to reverse the recent upward adjustment in the price of petrol.

The union, in a statement in Ilorin on Sunday, signed by its national publicity secretary, Nurudeen Ibrahim, asserted that the reversal of the increment in the price of petrol would be a practical step towards restoring the fading hope of the common man.

The union said: “The ordinary people on the street are becoming more hungry, angry and frustrated as a result of the increasing costs of goods and services occasioned by the adjustment in the price of petrol. ”

The statement said the hike in the pump price of petrol was unexpected and unjustifiable, particularly when the much awaited Dangote refinery is ready to push out its products to the market.

The union insisted that the security and welfare of the people should always be the bedrock of every public policy, adding that the policy of the federal government in respect of the pump price of petrol needed to be revisited and reworked in the interest of the masses.