The Federal Government has appealed to traders not to hike prices of food items and transportation as the country battles to contain the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic.

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, made the appeal at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily news briefing on Thursday in Abuja

He said it was necessary that market women and men understood the enormity of the time regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that there is a need to show compassion to all Nigerians by not hiking prices of foodstuff and services.

The minister said that this period was a time to give back to society while calling on Nigerians not to take the opportunity of COVID-19 to further oppress other Nigerians.

“This is a time people are giving back to society. We call on our compatriots not to take the opportunity to oppress the people,” he urged.
Mohammed also urged the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NUTRW) to ensure that the transportation cost of food items being taken to other parts of the country was not hiking.

He said that it was regrettable that despite being aware of the danger posed by COVID-19, the NUTRW members still flout the guidelines of the lockdown as they carried passengers above the approved number.

The minister noted that some members of the union had refused to accept that COVID-19 was real, adding that this can be the reason for flouting the guidelines by carrying five to four passengers.

He said that the members had refused to heed the call by PTF to take precaution in carrying passengers, warning that such can be detrimental to their health.

The minister also called on state governors to engage members of NUTRW in their states in order to salvage the situation and contain the deadly virus.

“We need to carry NUTRW along. We cannot micromanage their activities in the state from the centre,” he said.

Mohammed said that the NUTRW had the mechanism to engage their members, adding that they had been warned not to carry more than three passengers.

The minister commercial cab and private are enjoined to carry only one passenger in the front and two at the back seat.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/05/covid-19-fg-appeals-to-traders-transporters-not-to-hike-prices/

Yep

The wicked nurtw are a huge menace to society.
They are the ones urging drivers to increase and charge high fares.

They are only concerned about themselves and the money they make cos if the transporters increase fares,they also increase their OWODA!!!!

Lagosians are robbed everyday by these people to the tune of millions!!!

The money they forcefully obtain from drivers and conductors everyday belongs to Lagosians.


Virtually all Lagosians- passengers,market men and women,hawkers,cart pushers,shop owners,etc,pay one form of levy or the the other to these touts/agberoes every day!!!!!!!

Trans from where to where?

This minister of Lies just dey wake abi

Naso

We go dey alright Las Las

never take this man serious mtchew

Which price again,, price that they already hiked during lockdown

this virus matter sha

Fools... You do absolutely nothing in mitigating the current financial crisis yet you want those you govern not to do whatever it takes to abuse the system... Idiots just like their followers
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This thread is well concise
https://www.nairaland.com/5874587/rethink-future-nigerians#5874587.2

Story.

Na now una come abii.....price wey don already hike since
Wetin una don do to make sure say d lrice nkr hike??
Abeg make we hear word abeg...... Mtcheeww

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Too bad

Fg said..., presidency said..., president said... Buhari is never the one that speaks always Lai, Femi, Garba that speaks.

Nigeria will never have a president that is as lifeless as Buhari. That man is too lifeless.

Why won't there be hike on food items, when ur ganbaru northern terrorist brothers have turned all Cargos meant to carry food stuffs only, to a northern human terrorist carriers to the southern parts, as such making the Governors to be apprehensives about trucks coming into their various states....

chuks5552:


Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/05/covid-19-fg-appeals-to-traders-transporters-not-to-hike-prices/

tell police to stop collecting bribes from traders and transporters

Igbayi laaro abi

Okay

Traders accumulated rents ,rates n taxes over the lockdown... Govt should find ways to imburse them..

because na water them go use. Why cant FG subsidized everything this period, from fuel to food, if they cant give us palliatives and cash

They already did that since when? Basic commodities are on the high price, even gadgets!


Not to talk of transport....


But the truth is, Nigerians like inconveniencing each other at the slightest opportunity. Very bad!

The police,army and states task forces are the ones that needs to be begged,there are thousands of check points and it will suffice you to know that police collect N100 army N200 road safety N100,produce collect close to 3k on entry and exit.so don't blame them at all,the tuber of yam you buy in Enugu at N350 is being sold in my village to them at N20

gimlunudri:
what will they now do

They will stop scamming

This is a scammer using UBA bank

I know what they mean. They should not hike the current hiked.

jolmapudra:
this virus matter sha

This is a scammer using UBA bank

jolmapudra:
this virus matter sha

this is scammer and a fraudster

Another one

Na today?
Price of stuffs have already been increased and it's really affecting the retail business.
The price of some items were increased by more than 100%; some were increased between 50-100%; only few item were increased by < 50%.
Most local factories that I know are currently closed and I believe there's zero importation at the moment.
I'm always careful when getting stocks, these days (I don't stock unnecessary) and I update myself everyday with current price;

Laslas, we'll be fine.