Báwo ni iye epo rọ̀bì Nàìjíríà ṣe fi ìwọ̀n wé ti àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè mìíràn tí ń mú epo jáde?
Àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè mìíràn tí ń mú epo jáde ti lo àwọn ohun àmúṣọrọ̀ wọn láti dín ìnira àwọn ènìyàn wọn kù, kì í ṣe láti fìyà jẹ wọ́n ní ibi tí wọ́n ti ń ra epo. Nàìjíríà ti yí ìyẹn padà pátápátá: àwọn ènìyàn wa ń rí owó tí kò pọ̀, wọ́n ń gbé lábẹ́ ìnira tí ó pọ̀ sí i, síbẹ̀ wọ́n ń san owó tí ó pọ̀ sí i fún epo tí ń darí ọkọ̀, àgbẹ̀ṣe, ìpínkiri oúnjẹ àti iṣẹ́ àgbéjáde. Libya, láìka àwọn ọdún àìdúróṣinṣin tí ó ti kọjá sí, ń ta epo ní ìwọ̀n ₦34 ní líítà kan. Nàìjíríà ń tà á ní ìwọ̀n ₦1,400 ní líítà kan. Èyí kì í ṣe ọ̀rọ̀ owó-epo lásán, ó jẹ́ ìgbàgbọ́ ìbánikẹ́dùn nípa agbára rírà.
Àwọn ìdáhùn tó wà lórí ojú-ìwé yìí ni a túmọ̀ láti èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì nípasẹ̀ ẹ̀rọ, kò sì tíì ṣàyẹ̀wò rẹ̀ láti ọwọ́ atúmọ̀-èdè kan.
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These countries did not conclude that oil production requires punishing citizens at the pump. In different ways, they have used their natural-resource advantage to moderate the energy burden on their people. Nigeria has turned that advantage upside down. Our people earn less, live under greater pressure and yet pay more for the fuel that drives transportation, farming, food distribution, manufacturing and virtually every aspect of daily life.
And, Bola, Atiku is particularly ashamed on your behalf when he looks at Libya. A country battered by years of political instability still sells petrol at roughly ₦34 per litre and ranks around 115th globally in human development. Nigeria sells petrol at roughly ₦1,400 per litre and ranks around 164th.
How did your celebrated reform leave Nigerians paying vastly more for fuel while enjoying a lower standard of human development? That is not merely a pump-price debate. It is an affordability scandal.