Sequel to a meeting held on 11th May, 2016 by government officials and other concerned stakeholders on the "current fuel situation in Nigeria". The following issues were reviewed at the meeting:

1. The current fuel scarcity and supply difficulties in the country.

2. The exorbitant prices being paid by Nigerians for the product. These prices range on the average from N150 to N250 per litre currently.

3. The meeting also noted that the main reason for the current problem is the inability of importers of petroleum products to source foreign exchange at the official rate due to the massive decline of foreign exchange earnings of the federal government. As a result, private marketers have been unable to meet their approximate 50% portion of total national supply of PMS.

According to a press statement said to have been released through "Aso Rock Villa" (a facebook page) by the Minister of State for petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu on the outcome of the meeting presided over by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, having in attendance the Leadership of the Senate, House of Representatives, Governors Forum, and Labour Unions (NLC, TUC, NUPENG, and PENGASSAN), the Minister made the following statements:

"We share the pains of Nigerians but, as we have constantly said, the inherited difficulties of the past and the challenges of the current times imply that we must take difficult decisions on these sorts of critical national issues. Along with this decision, the federal government has in the 2016 budget made an unprecedented social protection provision to cushion the current challenges."

WHAT'S YOUR OPINION?, do you agree that they share our pains with this move at this sensitive and critical hours of hardships without anything to cushion the effects before taking the decision?

Source:
https://ibadanelite./2016/05/12/n145-pms-we-share-the-pains-of-nigerians-do-you-approve-his-statement/

God bless GEJ.
He's a great man

It has become increasingly difficult to believe this govt
They are liars who will say they share your pains, please how?

mad people in aso rock

Even lucifer dey laff for dis kind of lie!

Social protection provisions? Is it the 5k a month that he's referring to? Kachikwu should just not start acting like a zombie please!

Sharing pain? Indeed!