{"id":8555,"date":"2025-09-04T09:27:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=8555"},"modified":"2025-09-04T09:27:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T09:27:58","slug":"tinubu-govt-taxing-citizens-who-cannot-breathe-anymore-peter-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/09\/04\/tinubu-govt-taxing-citizens-who-cannot-breathe-anymore-peter-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu govt taxing citizens who cannot breathe anymore \u2013 Peter Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" class=\"left relative\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1500386953281-8\" data-google-query-id=\"COjC_v_kvo8DFaGw_Qcd4_I22g\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/14001636\/DP_Leaderboard_1_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has lamented the new 5% tax on all refined fossil fuel sales, including petrol and diesel.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his official X handle late on Wednesday, Obi said instead of easing hardship, the government has imposed more burden on Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>The former Anambra State governor stated that the 5% fuel tax should have waited until Nigerians begin to see tangible improvements in their lives from all the many promises from President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-18\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5\" data-google-query-id=\"COrC_v_kvo8DFaGw_Qcd4_I22g\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/14001636\/DP_InsidePost_MPU_2_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cNigerians will pay a 5% tax when buying their everyday fuel or diesel at a time when millions can hardly even afford the cost of transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. President just yesterday boasted that Nigeria has met its revenue target for the year. Yet instead of easing hardship, the government imposes more burden on Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Even the so-called alternative, CNG, has become unaffordable, rising from about N230 to N450, while the promised subsidies on the CNG have quietly vanished.<\/p>\n<p>If our revenues are truly \u2018excessive\u2019 as claimed, should they not first be used to fund education, healthcare, and pulling Nigerians out of poverty? Why tax citizens who cannot even breathe anymore?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, leadership is not about giving a burden but reducing suffering, and about care and compassion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"heateorSssClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing\" data-heateor-sss-href=\"https:\/\/dailypost.ng\/2025\/09\/04\/tinubu-govt-taxing-citizens-who-cannot-breathe-anymore-peter-obi\/\">\n<div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_title\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heateorSssClear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"heateorSssClear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-bot\" class=\"left\">\n<div class=\"mvp-post-tags\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Labour Party\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has lamented the new 5% tax on all refined fossil fuel sales, including petrol and diesel. 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