Fuel hike: Edo governor express worries over plight of people

Stanley Ihedigbo

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has expressed worries the plight of the Edo people who have had to endure gruelling experiences accessing petroleum products as well as the exorbitant prices the product is sold for in the State in the last few days.

According to the Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media Projects, Pastor Crusoe Osagie, governor studied the grievances expressed by protesters as stated in the letter addressed to him on the issue.

On account of that, the government is undertaking the some  actions within the next 24 hours.

“The government will set up a Monitoring Committee made up of actors in the private sector, civil society organisations and government, who will monitor the distribution and pricing of the product in order to ensure that shylock marketers do not take advantage of the situation to rip Edo citizens off.

“Schedule a meeting with all stakeholders in the product distribution value chain to deliberate on the issues responsible for distribution hurdles and price hike and find lasting solutions to the matters arising.

“The government thanks all Edo people for being law-abiding and also appreciates the protesters for being peaceful even as we work with all concerned to ease the situation and build a progressive State together,” he stated.

Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media Projects