Following reduction in petrol price as announced by the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Nigerians have expressed mixed
feelings on the development via different social media platforms.
Sulaiman Shuaib via his Twitter handle @SuleimanShuaib said,
“welcome development. This will boost the our economy and reduce the hardship
in the society thereby price of goods and services will be reduce and our
economic will recovery for the effects of #coronavirus
“I was expecting price reduce to #80/ltr as the crude price
fall from $57/brl to $30/NRL which is almost 50% fall; no thumb up until the
needful is done”, Omomtayo John Olokode posted via his Facebook.
Atom Lfy posted as saying “Not enough, should have gone down
much more in line with the reduction in the world market”.
Segun Babawale, queried that “this is not the promise that
GMB made before election. He promised #50/ltr…. So what’s d big deal in it”.
“What contradicted the information of federal govt to NNPC?
Fed govt=N130/letre, while NNPC=N125”, said Nazifi Musa
Umar.
Yahaya Zakariya, posted in response to the development
saying “Covid-19 is a blessing….whatever”.
Daure David Yankoli said, “The landing cost of fuel is
46naira per litre, I think we should be buying fuel at 70-80 naira per litre”.
“I can tell you all the truth that one of the reasons why
federal government reduced the fuel prize was based on travel ban all over the
world and I can tell you all here that oil prize has fallen internationally”,
Christ bright Omorogieva posted on Facebook.
Recall that NNPC had on Wednesday announced the reduction in
the pump price following a directive given by the State Minister of Petroleum
Resources, Timipre Sylva.
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