A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Hon. Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to save the Nigerian masses from further hardship as soon as possible.
Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, said that the suffering Nigerians are experiencing now has made it mandatory for the president to act faster and employ strategies that would bring instant reprieve.
The APC chieftain, speaking with newsmen yesterday in Osogbo, expressed confidence in President Tinubu’s ability to ameliorate the suffering of the masses and suggested that strategies he felt would bring instant relief should be adopted.
Oyintiloye, a defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) member, also noted the economic hardship the masses were currently going through due to the increase in pump prices. This has led to the rise in the prices of foodstuffs, as well as the increase in electricity tariffs and the cost of cooking gas, among other things, thus making life unbearable for Nigerians.
He said the recent increment in the pump price has worsened the hardship Nigerian masses are contending with, saying, “Nigerians are hopeful that there will be a positive turnaround in the country, but measures to achieve this must be accelerated.
“There is no doubt that the president is doing everything humanly possible to ameliorate the suffering of the masses, but a faster approach must be considered.
“The president should ensure that every bureaucratic bottleneck impeding the swift implementation of policies that will put smiles on the faces of the masses is removed.
“The economic suffering the masses are currently going through is becoming unbearable, and the president must act fast.”
Oyintiloye also urged the president to address the delay in suspending customs duties and taxes on imported food items two months after the initiative was announced.
