The leadership of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Worldwide has assured Nigerians that the current hardship being faced by citizens would soon become a thing of the past.
The Acting National Leader of the group, Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu, in a statement issued on Sunday, September 8, said that the recent petrol price hike will soon change for the better.
Okpalaezeukwu while commending the President Bola Tinubu-led administration over ongoing reforms to restructure the oil and gas industry said the fuel price hike was one of the measures to change the sector for the overall interest of the country.
The youth leader also alleged that bad governance by previous governments was the cause of the fuel crisis experienced across the nation.
He said, “We have had a fruitful deliberation with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri and his team where we expressed our concerns.
“We emphasised the need for continuous and unrelenting reforms of the petroleum sector with policies that would benefit the ordinary people and improve the overall well-being of Nigeria,” Okpalaezeukwu said.
He further declared the group’s solidarity and support for the efforts and commitment of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources and other collaborating agencies.
He said, “We advocate for more effective and impactful community and youth engagement and development in ways that shall control restiveness and further address sabotage, vandalism and theft in the sector.”
