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FUEL SCARCITY: Deliberate plot by Buhari govt targeted at Ndigbo, Ohanaeze says
President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has been accused of deliberately causing the lingering fuel scarcity in order to impoverish the majorly Christian people of South-East of Nigeria, who have to travel back to their region from other parts of the country to celebrate the Christmas festival.
This allegation was made by the president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, sequel to the lingering fuel scarcity in the country which has continued to take its toll on Nigerians.
Nwodo however called on the people of the South-East to use the festive period to pray for peace in the country and ensure they do not make the mistake of not bringing back “their wealth to their homeland.”
Nwodo said in his Christmas message on Saturday, “They (Buhari’s Government) know that at this period in the year, Ndigbo people travel a lot to their homeland. That’s when the government chose to close our airport, that’s when they allow fuel shortage; this is very unfair and insensitive.
“It’s a deliberate policy of impoverishing our people to ensure that whatever wealth our sons and daughters bring home during Christmas is expended on fuel, leaving none for investment.”
Nwodo, who cautioned against any deliberate policy targeted at undermining the economy of Ndigbo, also urged Ndigbo not to allow themselves get discouraged by the hardship caused by the “anti-people policy” of the current government.
He added, “The unfolding events in the country, especially as it relates to Ndigbo, since this administration came to power, underscores the imperatives for our people to think about home in their wealth generation.”
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Earlier on Friday, chairman of the Anambra State chapter of Ohanaeze, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene had also bemoaned the sharp increase in number of security checkpoints in the region at this festive period.
He had accused Buhari’s government of purposely flooding the zone with security checkpoints in order to harass and exploit the people of the area who would return en masse for the Christmas festivities.
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