Former President Goodluck Jonathan has taken a veiled jibe at Nigerians as he compares fuel price during his administration and what is currently obtainable in the APC dispensation.
He spoke on why fuel sold at N87 during his administration and why the same fuel now sells for N143 now.
In 2012, Jonathan’s administration increased fuel price from N67 to N97 but later reduced it to N87 in January 2015 in what was widely regarded as a political move.
Speaking in Abuja on Thursday when one of the aspirants for the PDP chairmanship position, Tunde Adeniran, visited him in his office, Jonathan explained reasons behind his administration’s change in price of fuel.
“My government was severely criticised for increasing the pump price of petroleum from N67 to N97 at a time that global crude price was going for over 100 dollars,” Ikechukwu Eze, Jonathan’s spokesman, quoted him as saying.
“The pump price was later reduced to N87 when the price of crude oil dropped and they attacked us that it was supposed to be lower.
“We must do the right thing. We must elect a chairman that will run the party democratically.”
“We need a courageous chairman that knows that imposition is destructive.”
“We need a chairman who by God’s grace if we win election by 2019, when the president makes certain mistakes, he will be courageous enough to correct him.”
“We need a chairman that can lead us to victory and sustain that victory.”
“What we need is a person that can give proper leadership for this country, a chairman that can lead us to elect good material for the presidency.
“We need a chairman that will bring the proper change and economic growth for this country.”
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