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.

Odo-Owa     Principal Private Secretary     Tope Daramola     Kwara Volleyball Association     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Tunde Idiagbon Road     April 11     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Joseph Daudu     KWASEIC     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Sulaiman Gado     KWIRS     Nurudeen Muhammed     Abdulwaheed Musa     Oniyangi     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Mohammed Abduraheem     Yaman     Borgu     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Muhammadu Gobir     Doyin Awoyale     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Bello Oyedepo     Segun Abifarin     Taofeek Sanusi     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Ilorin East     NIPR     KWASIEC     Rotimi Atere     Adamu Atta     Olateju Lukman     Justina Oha     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Idris Garba     Funmilayo Oniwa     Hijab     Olatunde Jare     Musa Alhassan Buge     Olatunji Bamgbola     Overland     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Tafida Of Ilorin     Mustapha Akanbi     Erubu Oba Zubair     Pakata Patriots     Sobi Hill     HICA     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Mamatu Abdullahi     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Kwara Central     Owo Arugbo     Omu-aran     Christopher Odetunde     Folorunsho Erubu     Bilikisu Oniyangi     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Kale Kawu     Mope Dasuki Belgore     College Of Health     Erin-ile     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Ahmad Uthman     Shaaba Lafiagi     Pilgrims Board     Rotimi Oyedepo     NSCIA     Iyabo Adewuyi     Aso-ofi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     John Obuh     Tsaragi/Share     Damilola Yusuf     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Sulyman Tejidini     Busari Alabi Alausa     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Akeem Lawal     Afeyin-Olukuta     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Galland Marcias     Arinola Lawal     Wasiu Onidugbe     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Innocent Okoye     Yomi Adeboye     Tuesday Assayomo     Quareeb Islamic Association     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Siraj Oyewale     Aminu Adisa Logun     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     NITDA     Arandun     SWAN     Bilikisu Gambari     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Tanke Road     Abdullahi Atanda     Young Progressives Party     Alaro     Sheriff Shagaya     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Elesie Of Esie     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Earlyon Technologies     Air Peace     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Mashood Dauda     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Seni Saraki     Oba Abdulraheem     Rashidi Yekini     Wahab Agbaje     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Frootify     Maryam Nurudeen     Kamoru Kadiri     Jalala     Saka Aleshinloye     Abdulkadir Orire     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Oro Grammar School     All Peoples Party     Saad Omo Iya     Illyasu Abdullahi     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Cornelius Adebayo     Lotus Bank     ASUU     Just Law Forum     James Ayeni     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Bolaji Gambari     Saka Keji     Awoye     Okala Baba     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Abdulfatai Baakini     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     08001000100     General Hospital, Ilorin     Hassan Oyeleke