{"id":64377,"date":"2023-05-31T16:02:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T16:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=64377"},"modified":"2023-05-31T16:02:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T16:02:57","slug":"confirmed-nigerians-to-pay-about-300-more-for-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=64377","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: Nigerians to pay about 300% more for fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As earlier speculated by <strong>Everyday.ng<\/strong>, it is now official that Nigerians in different geopolitical zones and states will pay between 280 and 300% more for a liter of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol).<\/p>\n<p>NNPC spokesman, Mr. Garbadeen Mohammed confirmed the development in a press statement. Perrol will range from N488 in Lagos to N555 in Maiduguri.<\/p>\n<p>But the statement (below) was silent on the take-off date of the new price for the core product that is at root of pricing for most goods and services in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64378 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230531-WA0023-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230531-WA0023-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230531-WA0023.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu stirred up a controversy when he announced on Inauguration Day that subsidy on fuel was gone. The response was swift and virulent, with filling stations hoarding and causing a rise in costs.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent Nigerians and Labour unions lashed out at the President for his action, threatening a backlash for his action.<\/p>\n<p>The President hastily beat a retreat, not from the decision, but its take-off date pegged at the 1st of July.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-64370 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230531-WA0001-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230531-WA0001-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG-20230531-WA0001.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As earlier speculated by Everyday.ng, it is now official that Nigerians in different geopolitical zones and states will pay between 280 and 300% more for a liter of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol). NNPC spokesman, Mr. Garbadeen Mohammed confirmed the development in a press statement. Perrol will range from N488 in Lagos to N555 in Maiduguri. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":56239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[2958,2347,188],"class_list":["post-64377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-news","tag-confirmed","tag-fuel","tag-nnpc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64377\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}