The Governor also accused the All Progressives Congress, APC led Federal Government of deliberately using fuel scarcity to browbeat Nigerians into accepting increase pump price. The Governor said that though the Federal Government intends to increase the pump price, but it didn’t know how to go about it. “It is time for Nigerians to take me seriously that the Federal Government wants to increase the pump price. However, some motorists including Mr Tope Joshua, Dr Kuku and Babalola Adeleye who bought fuel from the government assisted petrol sales lauded the governor for being sensitive to the plight of the people. They condemned the Federal Government for not making fuel available and for passing the bulk of their alleged failure to the marketers.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 25, 2017 20:48 UTC