Middle Class Nigerians Are Now Jobless Because Their Salary Can’t Cover Transportation Cost – Conrad Utaan

One of the chairmanship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party, Conrad Utaan has come out to lament the economic hardship in the country.

He recently said Nigerians are deeply yearning for the return of the opposition party, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the prices of foodstuff, fuel, transport, accommodation, and school fees keep increasing on a daily basis, and many middle class citizens have dropped out of work because what they are earning cannot transport them to work and back.

He added that what is happening in Rivers State is a reflection of what is happening in the country.

His words, “In Nigeria today, the prices of foodstuff, fuel, transport, accommodation, and school fees are on the rise. As we talk, there are many people whose children have not returned to school this term because they can’t pay.

Many middle class have dropped out of work because what they are earning cannot transport them to work and back. They would rather stay back home and look for something to do than continue wasting their time. Nigerians are yearning and crying for PDP to return.

This can only be done if we put our house in order. That is all we require. Once we can do this, the 2027 election is ours to win. This is the period to rebuild and as an engineer, I promise to fix it if the seat of the PDP national chairman is ceded to the North Central.

What is happening in Rivers State is a reflection of what is happening in the country. It is quite unfortunate. The problem of Rivers is an internal one; the solution will also come from the state. What is happening in Rivers is yet to fester. It will also rear its ugly head in other PDP states in Nigeria.

As you already know, the party that is in government is paraded by criminally inclined people. They even created a crisis in the party to the extent that they could go on a charade in the next round of the elections. It is quite unfortunate. But again, we cannot force decisions on people.

The crisis in Rivers PDP can only be resolved when our leaders are ready to address it. If you look at the bigwigs and chieftains in the party, they either belong to one camp or the other. But it will take someone without baggage and ego to go to his knees to beg them to return to the roundtable to bring about a lasting solution to the problem.”