… urge FG to reduce the burden of Nigerians
The former presidential candidate of the Labor Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, criticized the decision of the federal government led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to increase the cost of Nigerian passports, expressing surprise that the Government has continued to increase the burden of Nigerians.
With N100,000 for a 32 -page brochure, OBI observed that the international travel document has become higher than the minimum wage of N70,000, while that of a 64 -page brochure rose further to N200,000.
Taking his mango x on Thursday night, the former governor of the state of Anambra wrote: “The obsession of this administration with the burden of the population is becoming legendary and continues to reveal its apparent disconnection with people and suffering.
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“International passport rates in Nigeria have now shot ₦ 100,000 for a 32 -page brochure and ₦ 200,000 for 64 pages. This is the third increase in just two years.
“In a country where the new minimum wage is only ₦ 70,000, the cost of a single passport now exceeds the monthly salary of a worker, probably the only country in the world to achieve this feat.
“Instead of facilitating life, this government continues to change the burden towards common Nigerians.
“It is alarming that the price of the international passport is higher than what workers earn in a month.”
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