Mrs. Mobolaji Adeoti is a civil servant who lives along Apete-Akufo road in Ido Local Government Area, Oyo State.
This is the true life story of one of the salary earners in Oyo State whose way of life has been negatively affected by the sudden removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, PMS,. DAILY POST investigations showed that a litre of PMS is now being sold between N580 and N620 in the State.Cost of transportation, food items, goods and services are no more the way they were before 29th May.DAILY POST gathered that the cost of public transportation from one location to the other in the State has also increased. From Ibadan to Oyo, from Ogbomoso to Oke Ogun down to Ibarapa, the situation has remained the same.
In Ogbomoso, public transport which used to be N50 per short distance before 29th of May has increased to N100. From Adiatu to Taxi which used to be between N50-N70 is now between N100-N150. Others are Gbagi, Ogunpa, Apata, Mokola, Sango, University of Ibadan, Samonda, Apete, Awotan, Ajibode, Yemetu, Beere, Ojoo and Challenge.
“On fuel, I used to spend N30,000 to fill up the car, now it is N98,000. Food items, monthly used to be within the range of N120,000 but it has also gone so high. “To start with food, before May, it was N18,000 but after May, it is N28,000 monthly. On transportation, before May, it was N2,000, but now it is N3,500 with little trekking,” he said.
“To worsen the situation, prices of all food commodities skyrocketed and life has become so hard. We work like elephants but eat like ants. This is not acceptable. On a monthly basis, before May 29, I spent between N35,000 and N42,000 on food, but now I spend more than N60,000. My salary is not even up to this amount.
“The present crop of leadership is not tilting towards a solution to the hardship confronting Nigerians. Governor Seyi Makinde made this disclosure via a statement made available to DAILY POST Friday night through his Chief Press Secretary, Sulaimon Olanrewaju. “As we begin the distribution across the 33 LGAs in the State, you will see for yourself how thorough the work is. We are distributing to each household 10kg of rice as well as 5kg each of beans, garri, and elubo and a bottle of groundnut oil.
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