Fuel hike: Stop playing dirty politics with subsidy removal, Group tells CUPP

<p>A foremost civil society group, the Network for Transparency and Good Governance (NTGG) has berated the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) for trying to play politics with the emotions of Nigerians and playing to the gutters over the recent fuel subsidy removal which has led to the temporary hike in the pump price of petrol.</p>, <p>CUPP, a political opposition group led by disgruntled members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had alleged that the fuel subsidy removal was a scam to cage Nigerians and is calling for the removal of Mr. Mele Kyari, the group chief executive officer, GCEO, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).</p>, <p>But, NTGG, in a statement co-signed by its national coordinator, Friday Imoni and national secretary, Gana Alkali, on Thursday said that ordinarily, it would have ignored CUPP-PDP for advertising “their lack of vision and empathy for Nigerians in these trying times which they brought upon the nation, but because of innocent Nigerians who may not be fully abreast with the current situation of things, it decided to respond.</p>, <p>According to the statement: “We read with dismay a spurious, sickening and nefarious statement credited to the failed and disgruntled Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) led and sponsored by members of the troubled and corrupt-ridden Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), calling for the removal of Mr. Mele Kyari, the group chief executive officer, GCEO, of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over the recent subsidy removal</p>, <p>“It’s a statement of fact that CUPP has the unenviable mandate to try to intimidate and blackmail important state institutions such as the NNPCL, INEC, the judiciary, and security agencies, on behalf of PDP with the hope of gaining political advantage having been rejected by the majority of the people.</p>, <p>“As the current administration tackles our national challenges and at this period, we all should focus on issues of nation building, but the best PDP and its acolyte