The hashtags #renewedshege and #shege is currently trending on social networking sites, Twitter, Facebook and Tiktok.
This follows a recent price increase from N540 to N617 per litre, announced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Tuesday.
President Bola Tinubu had promised Nigerians Renewed Hope during the 2023 presidential election campaign.
Some Nigerians who expressed frustration over the Increase jokingly lamented that they are already missing former president Muhammadu Buhari.
While condemning the proposed N8,000 per month palliative to poor Nigerians, they accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of not putting any plans in place to cushion the pains of fuel subsidy removal.
