The African Democratic Congress, ADC has described President Bola Tinubu’s latest move in expanding CNG-stations to 500 towards reducing transport fares across the country as a mere “political gimmick” that is coming three years too late.
Reacting to the emergency meeting between the President and State Governors on measures to reduce transportation costs, the ADC believes that the President and the Governors are not genuinely interested in bringing down the cost of transportation across the country while merely reacting to the questions raised by opposition’s plan to introduce targeted production subsidy.
In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, the opposition said if the President believes that expanding CNG transportation can help to lower the cost of transportation nationwide why was the intervention not part of the plan to remove subsidy on petrol from the beginning.
ADC expressed disappointment over the timing to implement solutions three years after and coming shortly after its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, placed targeted subsidies and the cost of living at the centre of the national political debate.
The opposition further pointed out that the hurried measures being considered by the government, reinforce the party’s position that the administration had the capacity to cushion the effects of its harsh economic policies all along but simply refused to do so until its electoral interests are now threatened.
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