CERON calls for rethink of subsidy removal, floating of Naira policy
By Peter Duru, Makurdi
The Campaign for Equal Rights and Opportunities for all Nigerians, CERON, says Nigerians are living miserable lives following the fuel subsidy removal and floating of the Naira.
The group noted that the Federal Government obviously miscalculated the implication of the policy on the well-being of the people and should go back and rethink given the worsening poverty in the country.
The Executive Secretary of CERON, Mr. Francis Odiir in a statement weekend pointed out that it was time for the government to reconsider the policy as it had plunged the popularity rating of the government and the All Progressives Congress, APC.
He pointed out that “governments all over the world are judged by their ability to make life meaningful through policies and programmes that positively impact the people and anything to the contrary would certainly not go down well with the people”
He stated that “you cannot dish out policies that impoverish Nigerians to a level that they cannot feed their families and you expect them to be happy with your government.
“The fact of the matter is that Nigerians are living miserably because of the twin policies of fuel subsidy removal and floating of the Naira and you can see in the faces of the people that they are not happy with the government and the ruling party because what they have now is not what was promised them.
“The government should go back to the drawing board and also do a rethink because in the West they have subsidy regimes in place in their respective countries to save and protect the people from the volatility of the marketplace.
“The country has plunged into extreme poverty where people cannot feed and meet family commitments. Our children are dropping out of school because parents can no longer pay school fees. People have resorted to trekking because they either cannot buy petrol or they cannot afford transportation fares. People have resorted to eating feeds that used to be exclusive to animals. Nigerians are simply at a breaking point, to say the least”
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