As Nigerians writhe under the pain of the latest hike in the pump price of petrol, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has blamed the situation on the mismanagement of the national economy by the national economy by the All Progressives Congress (APC) federal administration.
Rising from an emergency meeting of its national working committee (NWC) held in Abuja on Thursday, the party strongly criticised the sharp increase in the price of petrol to N1000 per litre with the excruciating hardship among the people.
The NNPP slammed the government over what it described as the handling of the national economy, which the party said was manifesting “gross incompetence” by the APC government and further dragging hapless Nigerians into deeper poverty.
“From poor policy direction that has caused the people sleepless nights over the high cost of living, we are now in double jeopardy on account of a sharp increase in the price of petrol which will definitely lead to an increase in inflation and will drag the people of Nigeria into further poverty.
“This is nothing short of gross incompetence by a rudderless administration,” the party stated.
Meanwhile, the party has dissolved the state executive committees of Taraba, Benue, Oyo, Bauchi, and Gombe states.
This was part of the resolutions of the NWC meeting, which the national publicity secretary of the NNPP, Mr Ladipo Johnson, explained in a statement was part of measures to reposition and revitalise the party in the affected states.
The party said the state excos will be replaced with caretaker committees in line with the constitution of the party.
“By virtue of Article 14.2.1(iv, v) and 15.2.1(xvi) of the party’s constitution as amended on the 6th April 2024, the National Working Committee of the party is cloaked with the powers and has on this day, 5th September 2024, dissolved the entire executive structures from state down to ward level of the party in Taraba, Benue, Oyo, Bauchi, and Gombe states.
“The dissolved executive committees shall, in accordance with the party’s constitution, be replaced by caretaker committees, which will be announced in a few days for the stipulated period of time,” the NNPP stated.
It thanked the outgone state executives for their service to the party and urged them to be ready to serve in other capacities in the future.
It further noted that after an extensive evaluation of all the other state executives nationwide, the NWC was satisfied that they were legally and morally ready to conduct the local government elections in their states.
He said the Kano State executive in particular was well-constituted to undertake the crucial local council election with “a very high standard of leadership and effectiveness as backed by law.”
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