The Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has lamented the new 5% tax on all refined fossil fuel sales, including petrol and diesel.
In a post on his official X handle late on Wednesday, Obi
said instead of easing hardship, the government has imposed more burden on
Nigerians.
The former Anambra State governor stated that the 5% fuel
tax should have waited until Nigerians begin to see tangible improvements in
their lives from all the many promises from President Bola Tinubu.
“Nigerians will pay a 5% tax when buying their everyday fuel
or diesel at a time when millions can hardly even afford the cost of
transportation.
Mr. President just yesterday boasted that Nigeria has met
its revenue target for the year. Yet instead of easing hardship, the government
imposes more burden on Nigerians.
Even the so-called alternative, CNG, has become unaffordable,
rising from about N230 to N450, while the promised subsidies on the CNG have
quietly vanished.
If our revenues are truly ‘excessive’ as claimed, should
they not first be used to fund education, healthcare, and pulling Nigerians out
of poverty? Why tax citizens who cannot even breathe anymore?” he asked.
According to him, leadership is not about giving a burden
but reducing suffering, and about care and compassion.
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