The Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has asked the All Progressives Congress (APC) to tell Nigerians the truth
about the payment of the “so-called” fuel subsidy.
The opposition party’s charge is
coming days after Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said the Nigerian National
Petroleum Commission (NNPC) bears the cost of fuel subsidy and not the federal
government.
In a statement signed by its
spokesman, Kola Ologbodiyan, the PDP also accused the APC-led federal
government of not adding a drop to the production capacities of the nation’s
refineries after almost three years in office.
The statement read: “This APC
government is not only grossly incompetent and corrupt but also a champion in
the use of lies and manipulations against innocent and unsuspecting citizens.
“We all know that it was
convenient for the APC Presidency to promise Nigerians that it will no longer
import fuel only because the PDP government had only already laid the
foundation including revamping the refineries and ensuring a domestic
production of 5 million litres out of the 25 litres daily domestic consumption.
“Sadly this incompetent APC
government, in its almost three years has not added one litre to the five
million litres which the PDP administration was producing.
“Instead of improvements, the APC
has wrecked the system and now pushing the nation to depend solely on
importation, while engaging in heavy sleazes in hidden subsidy regimes.
“Is it not also ridiculous for
the federal government in its bid to cover for its ineptitude and oil subsidy
corruption to announce that it is paying for the so called fuel subsidy?
“The question is: who owns the
NNPC? Is it not Nigeria? Can NNPC spend a kobo without the authorization of the
Presidency? Has President Muhammadu Buhari ceased to be the president of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Minister of Petroleum Resources?
“Moreover, if NNPC which is under
his purview has been paying fuel subsidy, who authorized the payment and who
are the beneficiaries? Nigerians need to know the truth on this subsidy
regime.”
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