Leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students on Thursday, September 10, disclosed that it was poised to stage a protest except Nigerian Government revert the hike in the price of both petroleum product and electricity tariff.
The students’ Union said it would organise a nationwide protest on Monday September 14, 2020, if there is no downward review of the new prices.
NANS President, Danielson Akpan, who made the claim while addressing pressmen in Abuja, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to place premium on the well-being of the citizens.
Parts of the statements read: “Nigerians are bewildered that having been under months of lockdown and restrictive measures, welcoming them back to normal life with increases in prices of essential commodities is a burden too harsh for the citizens to bear.
“It is no longer news that the Federal Government in a swooping total deregulation and subsidy removal policy announced another increase in the pump price of PMS. It is also a known fact that prior to that, the Federal Government also approved increases in electricity tariff while banks regrettably reduced interests on customer savings.
“The effects of these increases amidst earlier increments made in Value Added Tax and multiple taxations on goods and services have started causing unbearable consequences, thereby compounding the obvious imbalances in the economic and social life of Nigerians, most of whom are dependent on (unstable) electricity supply and PMS to do businesses and make ends meet.
“Precisely on Monday, September 14 2020, Nigerian students shall be making a loud statement in a mass protest across the six geopolitical zones, and the Federal Capital Territory to demand outright reversal of the insensitive price hikes.”