Goodluck Jonathan President remains silent on petrol crisis
The situation has been ongoing for months and is at its worst in Abuja,
the seat of power, yet the President has not deemed it fit to address
the issue.
Source:Jola Sotubo:www.pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho, www.econsforumnews.blospot.com
Nigerians in the country have expressed surprise that President Goodluck Jonathan has not said anything about the current fuel and power crisis in the country.
The
situation has been ongoing for months and is at its worst in Abuja, the
seat of power, yet the President has not deemed it fit to address the
issue.
Betty Irabor
Somebody pls tell GEJ that "silence is not golden" at a time like this. He needs to speak up now.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in a statement issued May 24, 2015, accused Jonathan of handing over a distressed country to President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, a move which it says reeks of sabotage.
"In
a few days’ time, President Jonathan will hand over to President-elect
Muhammadu Buhari. Never in the history of our country has any government
handed over to another a more distressed country: No electricity, no
fuel, workers are on strike, billions are owed to state and federal
workers, 60 billion dollars are owed in national debt and the economy is
virtually grounded,” the statement reads.
"Today,
Nigerians are roaming the streets, jerry cans in hand, searching for
everything from kerosene to fuel to diesel to power their homes, keep
their vehicles on the road and keep their businesses going. They are
paying as much as 300 Naira per litre for fuel, if at all they can get
it. Yet their government is not saying a word about the situation,” it added.
The party also spoke on the effect that the fuel crisis has had on the economy and the supply of goods and services.
“If
the current energy crisis is not solved soonest, the telecommunications
sector could even be grounded in a matter of days as service providers
will have neither electricity nor fuel to power their base stations. Of
course the aviation sector has already been left comatose by the fuel
crisis, the whole scenario reeks of sabotage!” the APC said.
This
sentiment has been mirrored by other Nigerians who are disappointed at
the President’s silence and believe that citizens are being punished for
voting him out of office.
Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke has also not addressed the issue but is instead said to have made a hasty trip to the United Kingdom for unknown reasons.
Also, the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has vowed not to pay the marketers who are behind the crisis after accusing them of fraud.
“Marketers
just want to make Nigerians suffer. I will not pay the N159 billion
without verification, Nigerians should not allow themselves to be
blackmailed,” she said in Abuja on Saturday, May 23.
However, a resolution to the issue seems to have arisen as the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas, Ifeanyi Ubah has offered to supply product to end the scarcity.
“We
are constrained at this point and have decided that two wrongs cannot
make a right. We will not be part of this sabotage against our
fatherland. Therefore from this minute, we shall take the risk of
opening our facilities and commence swift loading and distribution of
products Nationwide,” Ubah said via a statement on Sunday, May 24.
Meanwhile, Jonathan, Vice President, Namadi Sambo,
Okonjo-Iweala and other officials of the outgoing administration are
said to have concluded plans to fly out of the country on May 29, after
Buhari is sworn in.
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