The governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji has pleaded with Nigerians to be patient with the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, saying there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Recall that Nigerian have lamented after there is another ike in petrol pump price from N500 per litre to N617 per litre.
According to the Ekiti State Governor, Nigerians should exercise more restrain with the Federal Government Tinubu over the difficulties the Fuel Subsidy removal must have caused them
Speaking with Journalists yesterday in Abuja at the National Assembly after a courtesy call on the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio and the Senate leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele as well as Ekiti state representatives in the National Assembly, Governor Oyebanji promised that Nigerians would soon get the benefit of their sacrifices.
Ekiti State Governor said, “Nigerians should be patient with President Bola Tinubu, you cannot eat an omelets without breaking an egg, there is no microwave solution to our problem, you must confront these challenges headon.
“You must thank the president for having the courage for taking the bull by the horn. If we are going to get out of this wood we must take very hard decisions.
“I just plead with Nigerians to be patient, very soon they will know that the President meant well.”
Oyebanji however expressed appreciation to the leadership of the ruling party the All Progressives Congress (APC), to the President, and to the entire senate for the choice of Opeyemi Bamidele as the senate Majority leader.
“The Governor said, ” He is the best choice anybody can make. Bamidele is a worthy representative from Ekiti State, we are proud of him, he is my brother, he is my collaborator and he has the capacity and the ability to assist the leadership of the Senate to ensure a smooth implementation of the President’s agenda at the senate.
“In Ekiti State he has contributed immensely to political developments in the State. You can see us together today, we just met with all the members of the National Assembly from Ekiti, both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives on the need to align our priorities in the interest of our people.”
Meanwhile, the group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari has attributed the recent surge in petrol pump prices, which has risen from N540 to N617 per litre, to prevailing market forces.
Kyari, stated this in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, shortly after a private meeting with the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Kyari explained that the increase in the price of pms has nothing to do with supply issue, adding that there are robust supply of the product in the country.
”I don’t have the details this moment. You know we have the Marketing Wing of the company, they adjust prices depending on the market realities.
”And this is the meaning of making sure that the market regulate itself so that prices will go up and sometimes they will come down also and this is really what we are seeing in reality this is how the market works.
”There is no supply issue completely when you go to the market you buy the product you come to the market and sale it at prevailing market price there is nothing to do with supply we don’t have supply issues.”
”There are robust supply, we have over 32 days supply in the country, that’s not a problem. What I know is that the market forces will regulate the market, prices will go down sometimes and sometime it will go up but there will be stability of supply.
He assured Nigerians that the policy was the best way for the country going forward.
”And I am also assuring Nigerians that this is the best way to go forward so that we can adjust prices when market comes.
”I know that a number of companies have imported petroleum pms so many of them are online. Market forces have started to play, people have confidence in the market and private sector people are now importing product.
”And there is no way they can recover their cost if they cannot take market reflective cost,” Kyari said.
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