Adamu Salihu, a resident of Kano state, stated that when he and his family members voted for the Tinubu-led government, they did not anticipate the suffering that Nigerians are currently experiencing as a result of the increase in fuel price at the pump.
Fuel price rose from N195 per litre to N530 after President Tinubu declared the end of subsidies in his inaugural speech on May 29. On Tuesday, July 18, early in the morning, prices reached N617 in Abuja and N620 in Kano.
Salihu, who claims to be from the State’s Bichi LGA, responded to the new event by saying he might be compelled to turn to crime.
Speaking to DailyTrust, he said: “Honestly this new price has hit us very hard. This is not what we voted for. My children and I voted for the current government in power. What we are being served is contrary to what we asked for. I am a Nigerian, I deserve to be treated right. I am no longer a youth, I have Children and they also go out and vote. Very soon if there is no change, I will ask them to stop voting because they are no longer going to school and have started hawking and selling ‘Awara’.
“I dropped them out of school and they are now selling ‘Awara’. How can they be denied education and start hawking? I have been in politics since the time of NRC and SDP. If things continue to go like this, we can retaliate. if our lawmakers and representatives will not do anything about it. We can take the law into our hands despite being law-abiding citizens.
“All these hardships we are facing are as a result of a hike in fuel price, if not, we won’t be suffering like this. We don’t have good representation.”
