‘Kill Corruption, Not Nigerians’, Protesters Hit the Streets in Edo State Over Hardship

Civil Society Groups have flooded major streets in Benin City, Edo State today, to protest the recent increase in the price of petrol and nationwide hardship.

The groups under the aegis of the Edo Civil Society Organizations lamented the high cost of governance exhibited by politicians, at the expense of the poor Nigerians.

According to them, the federal government ought to have provided palliatives that would cushion the pangs of fuel subsidy removal before implementing it.

You will recall that the NNPCL last Tuesday, increased the prices of petrol to N617 per liter.

In his inaugural speech, President Bola Tinubu had declared an end to subsidy of fuel, and this jerked the liter of petrol from N197 to above N500 across the country.

Tinubu, in his bid to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians, proposed to give N8,000 to 12 million households for six months, a measure that was suspended over a barrage of criticisms.

Reacting, the protesters took to the streets in Edo, carrying several placards bearing different captions like ‘FG Fix Our Refineries’, ‘Kill Corruption, not Nigerians’, ‘Poor Nigerians Lives Matter’, ‘We Say No To Constant Increment In PMS’, ‘How Did NNPCL Become Fuel Price Regulator’ ‘N8,000 Palliatives, and ‘What An Insult’ among others.