Kunle Remi laments fuel price hike

Nollywood actor Kunle Remi has lamented over the current hike in the price of fuel in Nigeria. The actor on his Instagram page, spoke about being apolitical, stressing that it is unwise given the current national challenges.

Remi, described the rising cost of petrol and persistent power outages situation as increasingly unbearable for ordinary citizens. He added that the high cost of running generators has become difficult to sustain.

“I don’t even know how to begin this conversation. Usually, I say things like, I don’t get involved in politics. I don’t talk about politics. In fact, the country, the industry, a couple of things, make you, they’ll tell you don’t discuss religion or politics or something, and so you fall into that category where you say I don’t like to talk politics. No, that’s the most stupid statement from anybody in Nigeria right now. We should be discussing, talking about it and trying to fix it. We should be inquiring about what is happening in the nation. There’s nothing like sitting on the fence. Now it doesn’t make any sense,” he stated.

Remi also questioned why the current global oil market fluctuations is affecting Nigeria, stressing that the country is an oil-producing nation.

“Today, I bought fuel, petrol. I bought petrol for one thousand three hundred and something thousand naira. We don’t have light. I don’t understand why Nigeria is one of the first countries to be affected by the war in Iran. A blessed nation, a country that is a resourceful nation, is complaining about fuel price because we are dependent on one refinery, and even the refineries never got the full support of the government, and then the nation has different refineries that don’t function. I don’t understand. I’m blown away because I’m mentally stressed, and I can’t even lie. So you don’t have light. Diesel is expensive. Fuel is expensive. A couple of my staff are letting me understand that to even come to work now is a problem because the transport is hiking, meaning that their salary is not even enough anymore in a very short period,” he added.