Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked President Bola Tinubu to proffer solutions to the high cost of cooking gas in the country.
Speaking to journalists in Osogbo, Osun state capital, on
Sunday, Oyintiloye, said the cost of cooking gas is becoming unbearable for the
masses.
He said the cost of refiling a 12.5kg cylinder of gas in
many parts of the country now ranges between N17,500 and N18,000
He said the directive of the federal government to producers
of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to stop exporting the commodity is yet to have
any positive impact in the reduction of prices locally.
“I know that Mr. President has a listening ear, and he will
do something urgent about this matter,” Oyintiloye said.
“The announcement by the petroleum minister (state) on the
ban on the exportation of the product is a good one, but it has not started
having any positive effects on the masses.
“The fuel subsidy removal is biting hard on the people, and
the electricity supply is not stable.
“All these are impacting negatively on Nigerians, and
solutions should be provided without further delay.
“All relevant and critical stakeholders must join hands with
the president to tackle the challenges in the oil and gas industry.
“Rising prices of the item might be as a result of LPG
producers secretly exporting the products.”
He said the use of solid fuels like charcoal and firewood as
alternatives to cooking gas is detrimental to the environment and aggravates
climate change challenges.
“The use of solid
fuel can also lead to air pollution with carbon monoxide emitted from solid
fuel, which is harmful to human beings because it binds to haemoglobin in the
blood, reducing the ability of blood to carry oxygen to the body’s organs,” he warned.
“This will in turn pose danger to the respiratory organ,
fatigue, headaches, confusion, and dizziness to the human system due to
inadequate oxygen delivery to the brain, thereby reducing the overall
well-being of people.
“Human beings depend on green plants for our daily supply of
oxygen while giving back carbon dioxide to the plants.
“In an attempt to substitute clean cooking gas for firewood
and charcoal by cutting down green trees, this will affect human survival.”
Oyintiloye commended the president for stabilising the naira
against the dollar, urging Nigerians to support Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda.
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