The Arewa Citizens Watch for Good Governance (ACWGG), has said it would mobilise its members and other Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to protest against what it described as “officially induced hunger and high cost of living in the country.”
In a statement yesterday in Kaduna, the group warned that if the federal government failed to address its demands within 10 days, it would embark on a mass peaceful protest.
The statement signed by the chairman of the group, Aliyu Sani, among other demands, asked the federal government to as a matter of urgency, roll out palliatives to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal as well as create a conducive security atmosphere for farmers to go to farm.
The group said it was saddened that millions of voiceless Nigerians were suffering following escalating prices of foodstuff and high cost of living in the country.
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The group demanded for the immediate removal of the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari “for misleading President Tinubu into removing Petrol subsidy without provision of palliative measures.”
Sani also called for “a comprehensive investigation into the subsidy regime and the corruption allegations within the oil and gas sector, as evidenced by the suspicious drop in daily consumption of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and the astronomic rise in the general revenue of the country.
“The recent increase in NNPCL’s output, without corresponding investment in the company, has instead exposed the pervasive corruption within the sector. We find it alarming that the company was declaring paltry production volume, which falls short of our OPEC quota even though the country has not recorded any major disaster.
“The criminals in the Oil and Gas sector are only responding to the body language of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed’s zero tolerance to bad governance, hence, the magical performance by people desperate to keep their offices. This raises serious doubts about the integrity and competence of the current leadership at NNPCL.”
