Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado EkitiThe Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has accused the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government of deliberately creating fuel scarcity to cow Nigerians into accepting a raise in pump price. The governor said the federal government intended to increase the pump price, but didn’t know how to go about it. The governor said that he decided to sell government petrol to people so as to alleviate their suffering during Christmas. “It is time for Nigerians to take me seriously that the Federal Government wants to increase the pump price. “This is also why I decided not to be part of the $1bn Boko Haram funds because our needs vary.

Source: Punch December 25, 2017 17:03 UTC