The Human Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) predicted that Nigerians will start eating grass as edible due to economic hardship if they do not publicly protest peacefully and demand immediate halt to this heartless incessant hike in price of petrol.
Recall that petrol retail outlets including that of the NNPCL on Tuesday adjusted their pump prices to N617 per litre in Abuja, N565 per litre in Lagos, and N568 in some part of Ogun state.
HURIWA asserted that the immediate reason could not be ascertained but it is not unconnected to the recent projections by oil marketers that fuel price will hit N700 per litre soon.
Besides, the media reports that the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NDMPRA) is yet to officially inform Nigerians about this unwarranted imposition of hardship.
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Reacting, HURIWA stated that unless and until Nigerians become active citizens and embrace the constitutional challenge by peacefully protesting on the streets of Nigerian cities and townships against these sets of harsh economic policies which offends a plethora of fundamental rights provisions enshrined in the Constitution of Nigeria.
HURIWA said: “The silence of Nigerians in the face of cocktails of toxic and elitist economic measures by the newly inaugurated President Ahmed Bola Tinubu will inevitably lead the masses to ‘economic Golgotha’ meaning that the next best meals Nigerians will resort to so as to survive the devastating and excruciating absolute poverty is to eat grass like goats or cows.
HURIWA condemns the current administration for continuously inflicting economic hardships on Nigerians through many thoughtless and anti-poor policies.
The human rights group, quoting official government reports, said that the rise in inflation comes amid soaring food prices occasioned by the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit commonly known as petrol.
It therefore urged Nigerians to rise up in unison and reject the attempts by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu to push them into the eventual consumption of grass just like irrational animals in the wild.