Speak out on fuel crisis, Onuesoke urges Soyinka, Falana, Utomi

As the scarcity of fuel continues to bite harder across the
country, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Chief Sunny
Onuesoke, has called on Nigerian activists and human right
campaigners to speak out to save the people from the present
hardship.

Onuesoke particularly called on known activists such as
Professor Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana, Joe Odumakin, Pat Utomi and
others who were at the forefront of 2012 fuel protest during the
tenure of former President Goodluck Jonathan to equally speak out
against the present hardship the masses were facing with respect to
scarcity of fuel.

Onuesoke, who made the appeal after purchasing fuel for N420 per
liter in Abuja yesterday, said what was happening presently in
Nigeria with respect to fuel scarcity showed that the APC- led
government did not have anything to offer.

He said: “What are the Soyinkas, Femi Falanas, Joe Odumakins,
Pastor Bakares, Utomis and others who claim to be activists and
defenders of the masses doing now when the prices of the
commodities went to the roof top and it is not available in this
present administration.

When former President Goodluck Jonathan wanted to deregulate the
oil sector and raise fuel pump price they protested. They shut down
the country for six days. Then they claimed they were fighting for
the interest of their generations.

“But when this present government which promised to reduce fuel
pump price during campaign removed fuel subsidy and increased fuel
pump price from N65 to N145 per litre, none of them raised an eye
brow. They pretended as if they were not aware of the astronomical
increase of fuel pump price by President Muhammadu Buhari’s
government. That is the hypocrisy of the western people.”

As the scarcity of fuel continues to bite harder across the
country, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, chieftain, Chief Sunny
Onuesoke, has called on Nigerian activists and human right
campaigners to speak out to save the people from the present
hardship.

Onuesoke particularly called on known activists such as
Professor Wole Soyinka, Femi Falana, Joe Odumakin, Pat Utomi and
others who were at the forefront of 2012 fuel protest during the
tenure of former President Goodluck Jonathan to equally speak out
against the present hardship the masses were facing with respect to
scarcity of fuel.

Onuesoke, who made the appeal after purchasing fuel for N420 per
liter in Abuja yesterday, said what was happening presently in
Nigeria with respect to fuel scarcity showed that the APC- led
government did not have anything to offer.

He said: “What are the Soyinkas, Femi Falanas, Joe Odumakins,
Pastor Bakares, Utomis and others who claim to be activists and
defenders of the masses doing now when the prices of the
commodities went to the roof top and it is not available in this
present administration.

When former President Goodluck Jonathan wanted to deregulate the
oil sector and raise fuel pump price they protested. They shut down
the country for six days. Then they claimed they were fighting for
the interest of their generations.

“But when this present government which promised to reduce fuel
pump price during campaign removed fuel subsidy and increased fuel
pump price from N65 to N145 per litre, none of them raised an eye
brow. They pretended as if they were not aware of the astronomical
increase of fuel pump price by President Muhammadu Buhari’s
government. That is the hypocrisy of the western people.”