The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA on Thursday condemned what it termed government’s ill-advised haste to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, across the country to N145 per litre, warning that the spiraling implications of the hike would include a spike in social crimes and unrest.Declaring that it was reckless, insensitive and irrational for government to remove fuel subsidy, it claimed that the action is meant to inflict maximum financial burden on the already absolutely impoverished millions of Nigerians, particularly the rural poor.
