Nollywood actor Kunle Remi has voiced issues over Nigeria’s {economic} state of affairs, highlighting the impression of rising gasoline costs on residents nationwide.
The film star in a video shared on Instagram lamented the rising price of petrol and protracted energy outages, describing the state of affairs as more and more insufferable for strange residents.
Kunle revealed that he not too long ago bought gasoline for over ₦1,300 per litre and questioned why Nigeria, an oil-producing nation, needs to be the primary nation affected by the battle in Iran.
While expressing concern for companies and staff struggling to outlive amid excessive diesel and transport prices, Kunle mentioned a few of his employees are unable to renew work because of the transport price hike.
He mentioned, “I don’t even know how one can start this dialog. Usually, I say issues like, I don’t get entangled in politics. I don’t discuss politics. In reality, the nation, the trade, a few issues, make you, they’ll inform you don’t focus on faith or politics or one thing, and so that you fall into that class the place you say I don’t like to speak politics.
“No, that’s essentially the most silly assertion from anyone in Nigeria proper now. We needs to be discussing. We needs to be speaking about it. We needs to be attempting to repair.
“We needs to be inquiring about what is going on within the nation. There’s nothing like sitting on the fence. Now it doesn’t make any sense.
“Today, I purchased gasoline, petrol. I purchased petrol for one thousand 300 and one thing thousand naira. We don’t have mild.
“I don’t perceive why Nigeria is among the first nations to be affected by the battle in Iran.
“A blessed nation, a rustic that may be a resourceful nation, is complaining about gasoline value as a result of we’re depending on one refinery, and even the refineries by no means received the complete assist of the federal government, after which the nation has totally different refineries that don’t operate. I don’t perceive.
“I’m blown away because I’m mentally stressed, and I can’t even lie. So you don’t have light. Diesel is expensive. Fuel is expensive. A couple of my staff are letting me understand that to even come to work now is a problem because the transport is hiking, meaning that their salary is not even enough anymore in a very short period.”
“I’m mentally str£ssed. Today, I bought petrol for over ₦1,300. There’s no light, and I’ve been running generator back to back. I don’t understand why Nigeria is one of the first countries to be affected by the w@r in Ir@n”
— Actor Kunle Remi lament pic.twitter.com/gf6w8tLl6O
— CHUKS 🍥 (@ChuksEricE) March 25, 2026
