{"id":29768,"date":"2020-09-03T14:25:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=29768"},"modified":"2020-09-03T14:25:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:25:31","slug":"coming-out-of-lockdown-nigerians-need-stimulus-not-electricity-tariff-hike-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=29768","title":{"rendered":"Coming out of lockdown Nigerians need stimulus, not electricity tariff hike \u2014Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Atiku-on-saraki.jpg\" alt=\"There are indications Saraki\u2019s corruption case is persecution \u2013 Atiku\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has frowned at the hike in electricity tariffs by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the development was ill-timed because coming out of the effects of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/tag\/COVID-19\">COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, that what Nigerians needed was a stimulus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigerians have been kicking against the increment in electricity tariffs, which commenced this month and the hike in the pump price of fuel by the Buhari government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a tweet on Thursday in his verified Twitter handle, @atiku, the presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI reject the increased electricity tariffs. Coming out of the lockdown, Nigerians need a stimulus, not an impetuous disregard for the challenges they face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMany Nigerians have not earned an income for months, due to no fault of theirs. This increase is ill-timed and ill-advised.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has frowned at the hike in electricity tariffs by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. He said the development was ill-timed because coming out of the effects of the\u00a0COVID-19 pandemic, that what Nigerians needed was a stimulus. 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