Mr. Common Sense, Senator Ben Murray Bruce, has taken to microblogging website, Twitter to share his thoughts on how he plans to survive the sharp 60% increase of petrol price in the country.
See his tweet below, which has is the most popular on the subject of the fuel subsidy removal by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Somebody is asking me for advise on how he can survive fuel price increase. What can I say? Personally I'm even considering buying a horse!
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) May 11, 2016
The media mogul who chairs the board of the Silverbird Group, went on to express support for the decision to deregulate the downstream oil sector and said that if the opposition had not resisted former President Goodluck Jonathan’s move to remove fuel subsidies in 2012, Nigeria would have had a better economy.
If the opposition had not resisted @GEJonathan when he removed subsidy in 2012, Nigeria would have had a better economy today.
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) May 12, 2016
The then opposition accused @GEJonathan and @PDPNigeria of using subsidy to enrich PDP supporters yet did not want them to remove subsidy!
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) May 12, 2016
I actually believe Kachikwu took the right decision for our economy. But why did the then opposition frustrate GEJ from doing it in 2012?
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) May 12, 2016
Senator Murray-Bruce represents Bayelsa East federal constituency. He was elected under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
