Why fuel subsidy must go – APC
The National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun on Tuesday said the eventual removal of fuel subsidy is
inevitable.
According to him, the gradual removal of subsidy is necessary in view of emerging and current realities.
Odigie-Oyegun said this when he received a delegation of the APC
National Coalition for Peace and Mobilization which paid him a courtesy
at the Party’s National Secretariat in Abuja.
He explained that the current administration inherited an “infected
system of subsidy” run by corrupt cartels. In one way or the other,
subsidy must go.”
He noted that a situation where government spends almost a trillion
Naira yearly on the corruption-tainted subsidy regime is unacceptable
and can no longer be sustained.
The APC Chairman said oil cartels and their cronies resisting
change have continued to blackmail and sabotage government on the issue
of subsidy, a development that has resulted in the lingering nationwide
fuel scarcities despite serious government efforts.
He described the perennial fuel scarcity the nation grapples with as a “national disgrace”.
Odigie-Oyegun expressed the need to restructure the country’s oil
and gas sector which he said has been marred by corruption and
inefficiencies.
He said President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to the Petroleum
Products Pricing Regulatory Agency to adjust its pricing template to
reflect competitive and market driven components may not necessarily
result in increase in the pump price of petrol.
The National Chairman said the presidential directive to the PPPRA
will result in a more efficient and realistic pricing system for
petroleum products and also result in constant availability of fuel.
Earlier, the National President of NACOPEAM, Mr. Ahmed Saleh said
the fuel scarcity is impacting negatively on the party’s image.
He said, “The unbearable fuel queues along filling stations is
indeed avoidable. The situation is impacting negatively on the integrity
of the party and this noble administration of positive change.”
He equally called for the “total overhauling” of heads of federal government Commissions, Parastatals and Agencies.
Saleh also said, “During electioneering campaign, the APC went
around the lenght and breath of Nigeria informing the citizen on the
ills and mal-administration of the past regime.
“However, there is need for total overhauling and new trusted heads
of commissions, paratatals and agencies to be appointed for effective,
efficient and result oriented service to the Nigerian citizens. With
this our noble observation, we believe the nation will move forward and
the government will be free from administrative sabotage.”
update from http://www.punchng.com/why-fuel-subsidy-must-go-apc/
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