Daniel Bwala, an aide to Atiku Abubakar, has refused to accept the explanation given by the National Petroleum Company of Nigeria (NNPC) Limited (NNPCL) regarding the increase in the cost of petrol.
News About Nigeria reported that the CEO of NNPCL, Mele Kyari, attributed the recent increase in oil prices to the market.
Kyari provided this explanation on Tuesday to State House journalists following a meeting with the Vice President of the Nation House, Kashim Shettima, at the Aso Villa.
Kyari assured state house correspondents that the fuel price hike is not a consequence of a shortage of petrol.
Kyari said, “When you go to the market, you buy the product, you come to the market and sell it at its prevailing market price. It has nothing to do with supply. We don’t have supply issues. We have a robust supply. We’ve had over 32 days of supply in the country. That’s not a problem.
After the development, Bwala took to his Twitter page on Wednesday morning, stating that since citizens are mandated to purchase the fuel at the international price, workers in Nigeria should be paid the international minimum wage.
Bwala also questioned if the living conditions of Nigerians are equivalent to international norms, he noted that the price of oil was unnatural and cruel.
He wrote: “We are forced to buy the fuel at international market price, but are our workers paid international minimum wage rate? Is our living conditions equal to international standards. The last time IBB implemented the world bank or IMF structural adjustment program, Nigeria went into a work bank or IMF slave market.”
