Popular political activist, Reno Omokri has knocked celebrities who lament over the removal of subsidy but flaunt numerous luxury cars online.
Nigeria has witnessed a sudden hike in price of petrol following news of plans to remove fuel subsidy.
In reaction to the lamentations of the masses, Reno Omokri said that he has observed that the most vocal of complaints are coming from the Nigerian celebrities.
According to him, some of these popular figures come online to flaunt various brand new cars they have bought but are complaining when government stops subsidizing their fuel.
He wrote:
"Some of the people I see complaining of the removal of fuel subsidy and the sudden sharp increase in fuel prices have multiple cars. Some of them have come on this very Twitter to flaunt their latest brand-new luxury cars. My dear, why should a poor country like Nigeria be subsidising fuel for you, a yeyebrity with five vehicles that you use for flaunting, fronting and chasing girls? Go and pay! If you can't pay, vamoose from Nigeria to any country that will tolerate subsidies for rich people. It is because of your likes that previous subsidies never trickled down to people with low incomes who really need it. Oni iranu like you! You want Nigeria to become like Venezuela, an oil rich country that was rained by cheap petro!!"
Nigeria's state oil firm NNPC Ltd on Wednesday hiked petrol prices to as high as 557 naira ($1.21) per litre from 189 naira, days after new President Bola Tinubu said fuel subsidies would be scrapped.
The increase signals an end to the fuel subsidy regime that the NNPC says costs it $867 million every month.
Nigerians will have to brace for higher transport fares while businesses which rely on petrol generators because the grid electricity supply is meagre, face higher costs.
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