Ex-VP Atiku Abubakar Rejects New Electricity Tariffs, Says What Nigerians need Is Stimulus
The former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has spoken against the recent increase in electricity tariffs in the country.
“It is ill-timed and ill-advised” the Candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 presidential election maintained in a Facebook post on Thursday, September 3, 2020.
Rejecting the increment, Mr Abubakar insisted what Nigerians need at this time the nation is just coming out the lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic is stimulus, “not an impetuous disregard for the challenges they face”.
He posted, “I reject the increased electricity tariffs. Coming out of the lockdown, Nigerians need a stimulus, not an impetuous disregard for the challenges they face. Many Nigerians have not earned an income for months, due to no fault of theirs. This increase is ill-timed and ill-advised.”
