
Fuel Price Hike Explained By Timipre Sylva After Briefing Buhari
The Petroleum Resources Minister of State, Timipre Sylva, on Monday, explained the recent hike in fuel pump price from between ₦158 and ₦162 per litre to ₦168 and ₦170.
Sylva said that to the ordinary Nigerian, kerosene and diesel are more useful than petrol, which he claimed was mostly used by the elite.
He stated this about the fuel price increase while speaking to State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday after his regular briefing of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Sylva said: ‘Look at it, a situation where diesel has …