NOA Director-General Warns Against Return of Fuel Subsidy, Citing Poverty Concerns
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.
Manzuma TESCOM Adama Isa Alaro Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu Segun Olawoyin Hassan Saliu Obayomi Azeez Fareedah Dankaka Onilorin Of Ilorin Marufat Oladosu Oloriegbe Ayedun Lanre Aremu Sulu Babaita Isiaka NAWOJ Ilorin.Info Islamic Development Bank General Hospital Abdulrazaq Solihudeen Jaiz Bank Baba-Isale IESA NYSC Moses Rahman Popoola Yeketi Sulyman Atolagbe Alege Alagbado Jumoke Monsura Gafar Bilikisu Oniyangi Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye COVID CACOVID Palliatives ITP IF-K Baba Issa Aliyu Alhassan Umaru Saro Joseph Alex Offorjama MAI Akande Dele Belgore Park National Association Of Nigerian Students Saduki Lafiagi NaAllah Amuda Bembe Olaitan Buraimoh Yusuf Mubarak General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin Nigerian Medical Association Saba Jibril Saliu Shola Taofeek Bolaji Nagode Ariyo Oyedun Juliana Funke Abdulmutalib Shittu Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq Local Government Pension Board Ibrahim Akaje College Of Education Michael Nzekwe Aminu Ado Bayero Tunji Arosanyin ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited Kamaldeen Kehinde Bola Sagaya Abdulraheem Olesin Ajakaye Apado Rotimi Atere Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund Usman Yunusa Olajumoke Monsura Gafar Binta Sulyman Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa Arca Santa

