Stories by Ifeoma Ejiofor
The Spiritual Head, Soul Revival Outreach, Nnewi, Anambra State, Prophet Iyke Uzukwu has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to as a matter of national urgency address the issue of cost of living in the country.
Prophet Uzukwu who was speaking with journalists in Nnewi noted that the issue of high cost of living among the citizens is highly connected to high cost of pump price of petroleum products.
He expressed worry that months after the president said that certain Nigeria owned refineries will be working yet no success has been recorded in that direction.
“Dear President, you promised that some of our refineries will commence operations by December 2023 and others in early 2024 but till the end of March, none has started functioning.
“And you have not told Nigerians why they are not working and we should now expect them to start functioning,” he said.
Prophet Uzukwu also tasked the president to address the high rate of abandoned goods at Lagos Wharf and other places.
He said that the custom officers have been threatening to auction people’s goods and cars especially, because of failure of owners to clear them which according to him is not the best.
“Many importers can not clear their goods because the import duties are too high, the greatest service President Tinubu will do to the people is to reduce the import duties so that people can easily clear their goods.
“The uncleared goods at the nation’s ports are responsible for the high cost of the goods in the market. He should also consider reduction of electricity tariffs which has jumped from N66 to N246, this is to say the least outrageous,” he said.
