Doguwa who chairs the House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) frowned at the recent hike.
Alhassan Doguwa has asked the federal government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL to take urgent steps to revert to the old pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol.
Doguwa is the member representing Tudun Wada/Doguwa Federal Constituency, Kano State in the House of Representatives.
Recall that earlier in the week, fuel scarcity took a turn for the worse after the NNPCL increased the pump price to N855.
In Abuja, the nation’s capital and Lagos, the product sells for N880 at the NNPCL mega filling stations, while independent marketers sell between N950 and N970 per litre.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Doguwa who chairs the House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) described as unacceptable a situation where private companies take advantage of gaps in the system to make arbitrary profits at the expense of Nigerians.
The statement read in part, “As a committee, we urge the Nigerian government and of course the NNPCL to consider the plight of Nigerians and suspend this recent increase in pump price. Nigerians are currently going through a lot today and adding to this burden is not in our collective best interest. Let us revert to the old pump price as soon as possible.
“As a special committee, we will aggressively seek modalities to interface with the youths and community leaders in the oil-producing areas to address the frequent cases of crude oil theft, which is one of the reasons capable of affecting petrol supply across the country.
“We are working in collaboration with security agencies in their quest to secure oil pipelines and other critical facilities in the country. We believe that a return to the old pump price will calm frayed nerves, thus enabling Nigerians to go about their daily activities with ease,” he noted.
“We may be suffering today but tomorrow will be better. The government of the day is taking significant steps which may be painful today but very soon, we will beat our chest as proud Nigerians because the future is great. Tinubu means well for us and he is desirous of leaving a legacy that future generations will be proud of,” he stressed.