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Former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi has protested the level of hardship faced by the poor in Nigeria. Obi lamented the travails of low income earners and the exorbitant sums charged by POS operators to Nigerians seeking to access cash.
Obi to write Tinubu over exorbitant POS charges
Former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi has protested the level of hardship faced by the poor in Nigeria.
Obi lamented the travails of low income earners and the exorbitant sums charged by POS operators to Nigerians seeking to access cash.
The former governor spoke during a visit to the Archbishop Province on the Niger and Bishop of Awka Diocese of Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, His Grace Alexander Ibezim.
He said: “The hardship in Nigeria is too much, how can the ordinary people survive. The woman who sells pepper by the road side has to pay huge charges to get her own money. How much is her profit margin and how much will remain after paying charges?
“No country is run like that. Don’t bother to interview me on that, I will write officially to the President on this and state all these things.
“These (POS Charges) is too much, no country is run like this,” Obi told journalists who approached him to speak on the matter.
Obi to write Tinubu over exorbitant POS charges
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a businessman identified as an ‘I Just Got Back’ returnee for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the country. Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, shared videos of the seized contraband on X.com on Sunday. The suspect, who had just returned from a foreign trip,
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a businessman identified as an ‘I Just Got Back’ returnee for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the country. Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, shared videos of the seized contraband on X.com on Sunday. The suspect, who had just returned from a foreign trip,
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has debunked reports claiming that the 10 Hilux vans donated to its Rivers State Command by Governor Siminalayi Fubara were linked to the recently concluded local government elections in the state. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Rivers State Commandant, Joachin Okafor, dismissed the allegations, describing them
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has debunked reports claiming that the 10 Hilux vans donated to its Rivers State Command by Governor Siminalayi Fubara were linked to the recently concluded local government elections in the state. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Rivers State Commandant, Joachin Okafor, dismissed the allegations, describing them
