From Mustapha Adamu, Kano
The Kano Forum of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives contestants in 2023 general elections, has condemned, in strong terms, the hike in petroleum pump price and students’ tuition fees in the universities, lamenting that such policies are bringing untold hardship to Nigerians.
Addressing journalists in Kano on Tuesday, spokesman of the group, Engr. Ahmed Rufa’i Dagumawa, who contested for House of Representatives in Wudil/Garko Federal Constituency also threw his weight on the planned protest and industrial action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), “if only they will conduct themselves in peaceful manner.”
According to him, the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, “has failed Nigerians, and we in the PDP are waiting for the a Supreme Court verdict to reclaim our stolen mandate.”
He that the the Forum was not, “happy with the way this country’s economic policies, political and social direction is going on.
“We are not happy the way APC Government has been destroying the fundamental democratic principles; and our beloved country’s natural recourses through their worst economic policies.
“Considering what is happening for the time being, we are not happy with the way the wages, income, salaries, properties value and retirement accounts is seriously failing while poverty is rising rapidly.”
The Forum lamented that inflation and unemployment are negatively touching the lives of hapless Nigerians.
“With the absence of good economic policies that will create an economic opportunity for all and also when citizens understand and convinced that the game is fixed against them,” he said.
He further stated that, “we condemn and disagree with the hike in petroleum pump price. We condemn and disagree with the monetary and fiscal policies of the APC especially related to the foreign exchange matters.
“We condemn and disagree with the way Nigerians are becoming totally poor in each and every given minute and international trade and the balance of payment system as well as foreign direct and portfolio investment system of APC government
“We condemned and disagree with the security situation of the nation 5. We condemned and disagree with the student loan and serious hike in the Nigerian universities tuition fees.”
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