The former governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai,
has claimed that the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government is currently
subsidising fuel for Nigerians.
Fielding questions from journalists in Maiduguri, the Borno
State capital, on Monday, El-Rufai said the FG is now paying fuel subsidy more
than before.
Recall that the president declared during his inauguration
on May 29, 2023, that the country can no longer subsidise fuel for the
citizens, saying the petrol subsidy is gone.
The development skyrocketed the price of fuel and other
products and services, triggering the economic hardship that has been
bedevilling the nation since 2023.
But the former governor told journalists on Monday that the
subsidy is back.
According to him, the FG returned the subsidy because “the
impact has been seen and the packages of support that would reduce the impact
have not been so effective in reducing the impact, so the federal government is
back now subsidising petrol.”
He said many people don’t know that the fuel subsidy is
back.
“If they want to know whether we are subsidising or not,
they should compare the price of petrol and diesel because petrol should be
more expensive than diesel but diesel is priced above a thousand naira while
petrol is at N600 per litre.
“So, we are still subsidising Petrol because the government
has realised that the way it implemented the fuel subsidy initially required
some adjustments,” El-Rufai said.
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