Convener of Hope Initiative Bashir Abdullahi II , on Sunday said that the upward review of electricity tariff in the country and increase of Petroleum pump price to N151 per litre is ill timed .

He made this known while speaking with our correspondent in Jos the Plateau state capital stressing that the increment at this time when COVID 19 is ravaging business would deepen poverty.

Bashir who is also the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Konad Groups also said that in as much as he supports the introduction of the deregulation policy by the Federal government ,this is not the best time to increase the price of petroleum products .

President Muhammadu Buhari had recently approved the implementation of the cost reflective electricity tariff for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, and increased the price of fuel .

The new tariff regime, which kicked off on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, has drawn the ire of Nigerians who see the development as exploitative.

Bashir a Builder by Profession said government needs to market reforms to the people in a better way and not assume that because Nigerians have been showing understanding and patience all along, there is nothing to worry about any more. You don’t implement these tough economic decisions without first trying to build support ,he stressed .

“The Government should have consulted its citizens first before carrying out an upward review on electricity tariff and increase of Petroleum pump price to N151 9.

Bashir described the increment as a disregard for the challenges” faced by Nigerians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

He also urged the Federal Government to rethink its decision to reopen schools across the country stressing that the decision was hasty .

He insisted that government must take practical steps to safeguard the lives of both the teachers and students before ordering the reopening of schools.

He cautioned that teachers and students would be vulnerable to the virus if schools were reopened without taking adequate measures to protect them from contracting the virus.

Bashir also called on the Federal Government to come up with a blueprint on how to address the perennial insecurity plaguing the country.

He said that insecurity was thriving in Nigeria, compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic and that the development was affecting the economy adversely.

Our President Muhammadu Buhari has what it takes to tackle insecurity, he has done well in the past and that was why Nigerians voted for him massively in the 2015 elections .

“Government needs to fashion out strategies to tackle the problem, which he said, had resulted to loss of lives in parts of the country.”

“This is essential because the primary purpose of every government is actually to provide security for its citizens.

“The issues of COVID-19 and the rising state of insecurity are affecting businesses. More so, this is affecting our farmers and the effect is already being felt.

“So, it is important for us to call on government to address the insecurity in the country.”

According to him the gains that have been made in recent years would be be reversed if there is insecurity

“I think the current strategy deployed in repelling attacks is not working and I think what is required is a new technique and strategy,No economy can thrive when there is insecurity ,he added

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country wey dem don sell before,,he no go better buhari and the his supporter,,dem go see white call am black,,if you quote me wrong you will die miserable death

This government doesn't have our interests at heart. While I understand that certain factors triggered by the pandemic might have necessitate the upward review of the electricity bill and petrol price, I think this is the wrong time to do so, considering that many businesses are just recovering from the blow dealt on them during the lockdown.

Be that as it may, we all voted for Buhari; it wouldn't have been any better if it were Atiku. So, let us all endure till 2023 and see the intensity of the sufferness the next government brings.

Still waiting for the season 3

Since the inception of this administration, how many times have they seek the citizens opinion on what their collective welfare?

We should just soldier on till 2023, let them enjoy their jamboree leadership.

If the government had built refineries or better still sold the ones we had to other people who would make them work, the country wouldn't be spending hard earned FX on importing fuel. We might have been buying fuel for N50 now who knows? It's really sad to know that all the promises made were cancelled (APC) What Nigerians need right now is a visionary. If not the problem is far from over.

Hn

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Talk to jihadist President

Failed Country!
I curse lord luggard and his LovePeddler mistress
Furthermore I curse the Nigerian leaders and citizens alike... for only weak leaders and citizens will allow corruption to be so common

Wow

Some zombies were still supporting buhari.
Even at this stage where over 90% of nigeria citizens are suffering.

Sai Baba till 2027


Chei, na suffering, diswan na start fess

Are you kidding me

Waiting for the resident zombies to start shalayeing.......

Useless youths defending the indefensible OLODO in Aso Rock. Shame on y'all.

But most members of YMM (Yoruba Muslims Miscreants) have nothing to say

Buhari's govt has done more harm than good

It's not a strange development that the northerners are the ones complaining of next level? It still remains three more years.

Even buhari's presidency is ill-timed and ill-placed.

He should have been elected president in 1870 and his presidency should have been in the Fulani dominated North.

Buhari is a Terrorist

okay

Only a person whose heart and mind is blind will support the policies enacted by this administration. Indeed za Darling Zaddy and his yes men team are clueless.

Seems like wailers are growing by the day.

Bubu is just like Pharoah

Buhary, we will not take it.

I think by 2023 apc must die as a party. We have had enough of apc its enough.

Nothing more to say. And I can rest assure apc if power slip out of their hand by 2023 60 years to this time apc will never smell Aso Rock.

Ill timed truly...

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