fuel subsidy
27 Jun 2023
• Says former governor seeking government’s favour for waiting 15 years before making claim A foremost civil society organisation, Peoples Alliance for Transparency and Accountability (PATA) has berated a former governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, over his claims on the now halted fuel subsidy scheme by the federal government. Yuguda, who is also Nigeria’s…
25 Jun 2023
A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Sunday decried their alleged exclusion by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the ongoing fuel subsidy negotiation with the Federal Government.
20 Jun 2023
The NNPCL decided to wind down its Direct Sale Direct Purchase (DSDP) contracts after the recent 300% PMS price increase. All the fuel subsidy claimed from 2020-2023 had originated from PMS imported under DSDP contracts.
16 Jun 2023
The Coalition of All progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives candidates yesterday threw their weights behind the decision by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to remove fuel subsidy.
15 Jun 2023
The smuggling of subsidized petrol depletes Nigeria's economy by as much as N4.88 trillion yearly, according to the Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (ABAT) Media Centre.
12 Jun 2023
Nigeria's new president Bola Tinubu on Monday urged Nigerians to accept more sacrifice in return for later investments after his government ended a long-standing fuel subsidy...
12 Jun 2023
We saw it coming. Leftist arguments in support of a little subsidy for multi-dimensionally poor Nigerians no longer convinced some, same people who marketed similar arguments in 2012.
11 Jun 2023
Since the advent of democracy in 1999, Nigeria, the continent’s second-largest oil producer after Angola, has been embroiled in a controversy over its fuel subsidy regime.
11 Jun 2023
One of my cardinal rules in politics is to never offer anyone unsolicited political or policy advice. It is seldom taken and usually resented. But for once I am going to break that rule and offer President Bola Tinubu my suggestions on the removal of the fuel subsidy.
11 Jun 2023
Forum of Commissioners for Finance, yesterday, threw their weight behind the decision of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to remove fuel subsidy. Led by Mr. David Olofu, the forum called on the Federal Government to ensure that all accruals from the removal of fuel subsidy...
9 Jun 2023
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has justified the removal of fuel subsidy, stating Nigeria cannot continue acting as Father Christmas to neighbouring countries.
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