By Cliffsimeon Akalonu
SUNRISE NEWS, Lagos, Sept 3, 2020 Twitter is currently buzzing as Nigerians took to insulting President Muhammadu Buhari following the increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol).
The increase in pump price was announced Wednesday afternoon.
The new pump price is coming on the heels of the hike in electricity tariff earlir to N66 per kwh.
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) set a pump price of N162 for petrol in the south-west region.
This followed the increase of the ex-depot price for the product by the Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of NNPC. The price was increased from N138 to N151.
Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) across the country also began on September 1, 2020, the implementation of a new electricity tariff regime of N66 per kwh.
However, the moves have led a great number of aggrieved Nigerians to start dragging the President on Twitter, describing those moves as cruel and callous.