Doguwa Calls For Reversal Of Petrol Price Hike
Luke Bongon
The member representing Tudun Wada/Doguwa Federal Constituency of Kano State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Doguwa has called on the Federal Government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to direct the reversal of the recent hike in petrol pump price.
The lawmaker who made the call in a statement on Thursday, described the hike as unacceptable.
Doguwa who is the Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) stated that, private companies are taking advantage of existing gaps in the system to arbitrarily hike price and make huge profits at the expense of Nigerians.
He said, “As a committee, we urge the Nigerian government and of course the NNPCL to consider the plight of Nigerians and suspend this recent increase in pump price. Nigerians are currently going through a lot today and adding to this burden is not in our collective best interest.
“Let us revert to the old pump price as soon as possible. And probably intensify engagements with major stakeholders to to address the problem”.
Doguwa who also the Chairs the House’ Special Committee on Crude Oil Theft stated that, the Committee is ready to tackle the challenges caused by oil theft which lead to massive loss of revenue to the federal government.
He added, “We are working in collaboration with security agencies in their quest to secure oil pipelines and other critical facilities in the country.
“We believe that a return to the old pump price will calm frayed nerves, thus enabling Nigerians to go about their daily activities with ease”.
He however advised Nigerians to give President Tinubu more time to reposition the nation’s oil and gas sector.
He noted that, with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) and other measures being taken to revive the nation’s refineries, Nigeria would reap the benefit of her oil and gas resources to benefit the entire citizenry.
