Rep. Johnson Oghuma (APC- Edo) has urged the Federal Government to introduce a price control mechanism in the country to curtail excesses of traders who increase prices on daily basis.
Oghuma who represented Etsako Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, said this when he received an award of honour from the Edo chapter of the Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) on Friday in Benin.
Represented by Mr. James Okoro, the lawmaker said the need to regulate price was to put an end to sharp practice by traders who increase prices of commodities especially food stuffs on daily basis for selfish gain.
“It is no longer funny how Nigerians wake up every day to see changes in prices of commodities and this have left many frustrated and distraught.
“I feel there is need for the government to come in now by way of setting up a system where these prices can be controlled because things cannot be allowed to continue this way.
“We can no longer continue with this arbitrary increase in prices of commodities, people are dying of hardship and this needs to be checked,” he stated.
Dr Samson Isibor, the Edo CRPP Chairman, said that the award was to spur the lawmaker to do more for the betterment of the people and the society.
He advised politicians irrespective of political divide, to eschew politics of bitterness and see the development of the society as their priority.
“We should eschew politics of bitterness. As political parties, what is upper most in our agenda is the development of our dear state, through the dividend of democracy to our people both in urban and rural areas,” he said. (NAN)
