Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central, says as minister of petroleum resources, President Muhammadu Buhari should have addressed fuel subsidy “by now.”
Sani said this while speaking on
the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Thursday.
The senator was contributing to a
debate on a report for the payment of subsidy arrears to some oil marketers.
The lawmakers eventually approved
a sum of N129 billion as payment for the arrears.
The legislator said if Ghana
could refine its crude, Nigeria could do the same.
According to him, until Nigeria
starts refining its crude, the “circle of exploitation” would continue.
“The issues of subsidy has been
lingering. Until we start refining our crude oil this circle of exploitation
will be ongoing,” he said.
“The president is the minister of
petroleum resources, we thought by now he should have been able to address
these issues.
“Refineries built more than
three, four decades ago are still lying fallow and we are waiting for Dangote
to finish his refinery.
“Refining [crude] is not rocket
science rocket science, if Ghana is refining its product why are we still not.
A government that opposes subsidy is still paying [for it], when will this
end?”
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