The kerosene is being sold at N50 per litre in an effort to lure the poor.
Several political support groups, including the Women for Change
Initiative being sponsored by First Lady Patience Jonathan, on
Thursday hijacked the Kero Correct Initiative of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for partisan political gain.
It was gathered that the move is aimed at saving face for President
Jonathan, who has reportedly admitted to refusing to develop his home
state and region.
The kerosene is being sold at N50 per litre in an effort to lure the poor.
Addressing thousands who gathered at the NNPC Mega Station, officials
of the various groups took turns to campaign openly, saying that the
kerosine was largesse from President Goodluck Jonathan and Petroleum
Minister Diezani Allison-Madueke.
A special line was created for PDP leaders at various levels as well
as Women for Change Initiative, which sent a retinue of officials to
oversee the kerosene sale.
It was however bizarre to see policemen deployed to ensure order
helping themselves to several jerry cans of the product, even as
thousands of people remained under the scorching sun for hours without
access to a drop. Among those who complained about the suffering were
some elderly women in their 70’s.
Mieye Josephine, who is 75, said. “The party officials are the ones
helping themselves to the detriment of the masses, the kerosene is
supposed to be for everyone to buy subject to the 25 litre quota per
person but that has not been the case.
“The privileged ones are the ones buying up the kerosene with a view
to making profit from it. Why will they be make jest of us, after the
elections we go back to square one.”
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