Petrol Should Not Sell Above ₦70 Per Litre – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday, said an honest and transparent administration of Nigeria’s national production capacity and potentials, the domestic price of petrol should not exceed ₦70 per litre.

The PDP warned that any increase in the pump price of petrol would amount to a direct invitation for a mass protest in the country.

It issued the warning to All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government in a statement on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan.

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The statement was in reaction to the reports that some filling stations were selling petrol at ₦212 per litre – a situation that triggered panic buying of fuel in parts of the country.

While the Nigerian authorities have insisted that the government does not plan to increase the price in March, the PDP insisted that any contemplation for ₦212 pump price would be pushing Nigerians to the wall.

“Our party holds that the ₦212 per litre reportedly contemplated in the March pricing template by the APC administration, is wicked, insensitive, and callous.

“It is a barefaced fact that there is no way that Nigerians can survive such hike in fuel price, which will worsen the already agonising economic situation in the country,” the statement partly said.

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