NOA Director-General Warns Against Return of Fuel Subsidy, Citing Poverty Concerns

Date: 2024-08-07

According to a news report from Informant247, Lanre Issa-Onilu, the Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), has spoken out against the reinstatement of fuel subsidy, arguing that it would exacerbate poverty levels.

It is worth noting that the return of subsidy was one of the demands made by the #EndBadGovernance protesters.

In a recent nationwide broadcast, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu firmly ruled out the possibility of reinstating the subsidy, emphasizing that its removal, while painful, was essential for economic growth.

The NOA DG, during an appearance on Channels Television's breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, on Wednesday, advised Nigerians to devise survival strategies in the face of the economic repercussions of the petrol subsidy removal.

“Anybody who is making a demand that subsidy removal should be brought back is making an emotional demand, not an economic demand, because you have to also prove that if it is brought back, it will solve the issue of poverty; it will not, it will aggravate it.”

“So, what we should be doing is: How do we survive in spite of the removal?' We need to promote all the efforts of this government to ensure that we survive without that subsidy.”

He also admitted the trust deficit between leaders and followers in the country due to repeated cases of broken promises over the years.

“It is difficult to talk to a people who have for several years been let down. Nigerians feel let down. The first question they ask you is: 'Is this another promise that will not be kept?' So, we must prove to Nigerians that this government is keeping to its promises,” he said.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kanu Agabi     Chief Imam Of Offa     Elelu     ASMAU PLAZA     Plat Technologies Limited     Yusuf Badmus     Aso-ofi     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Joseph Daudu     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Lotus Bank     Mike Omotosho     Abubakar B.M     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Bello Oyedepo     Ilorin Muslim Community     Naira Redesign     Ijagbo     Folorunsho Erubu     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Kunle Akogun     Taofeeq Olateju     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Maimunat Oloriegbe     AbdulRauf Keji     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Just Law Forum     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Ariyo     ITP     Share/Tsaragi     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     General Hospital, Offa     Sobi Hill     Shoprite     Offorjama     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Mustapha Akanbi     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Baboko     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Aiyedun     Idowu Laro     Communication Network Support Services     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Jare Olatundun     Oya State     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Sulaiman Gado     Yahaya Dumoye     Amasa     Idris Amosa Saidu     Quran     Bayo Lawal     Tunji Ajanaku     IHS Towers     BECE     Oja-Oba     Ahmad Ali     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Oko-Erin     Babs Iwarere     Tayo Alao     Javed Khan     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Okedare     Kwara South     Rachael Obisesan     Otoge     Atiku     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Olaosebikan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

KWASIEC     Umaru Saro     AIT Ilorin     University Road     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Ahmad Ali     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Kulende-UITH     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Forgo Battery     Ayinke Saka     Kehinde Boyede     Dan Masanin     CT Ayeni     Nigerian Army     Ben Duntoye     Dairo Kunle Paul     KWTV     Ajia-Bako     Danladi     Rebecca Bake     IYA YUSUF     Aminu Adisa Logun     Tinubu     Idowu Aremu     Computer Based Test     Akeem Olatunji     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Omu-aran     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Kumbi Titilope     Aremu Odolaye     Aliyu Umar     Emir Of Ilorin     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     MAI Akande     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     SDP     Lithium     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     JUSUN     KWSUED     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Mohammed Lawal     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Baba Isale     Public Holiday     Kwara NIPR     Kwara     Olushola Saraki     Medview Airlines     Kayode Yusuf     Goodluck Jonathan     Ilorin East     Zara Umar     Deji Ajani     Illyasu Abdullahi     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Sabi     Charles Ibitoye     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Okin Group     Marufat Oladosu     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Oloyede     Frootify     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Kayode Zubair     Falokun-Oja     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Wahab Isa     Elerin Of Adanla     Garba Dogo     Abdulfatai Ahmed