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.
Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies Illyasu Abdullahi Park Kwasu Bolaji Abdullahi National Union Of Road Transport Workers Ojo Fadumila Doyin Awoyale Share-Tsaragi ER-KANG Suleiman Alege Kuranga Baba Issa Omotosho Shuaib Boni Aliyu Femi Ogunsola Tinubu Legacy Forum Durosinlohun Atiku Erin-ile Lawal Arinola Kudirat Samuel Olusegun Adedayo Kwara Apc Yaru Mahee Abdulkadir CBT IPSAS Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi UNIFEMGA New Nigeria People’s Party Sobi Hill Abdulmumini Jawondo Raliat AbdulRazaq Local Government Pension Board Logun High Court Sheikh Alimi Sa\'adu Salau Zainab Abass SSA Youth Engagement Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia Afeyin-Olukuta Yusuf Lanre Badmas Umar Sanda Yusuf Revenue Court Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi Saliu Ajia Fatimoh Lawal Opaleke Bukola Iyabo Lai Gobir Islamic Development Bank Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate Shaykh Luqman Jimoh Osi Bankole Omishore Kwara State Polytechnic Joseph Alex Offorjama David Oyepinola Adedumoye Bello Oyebanji Gbenga Olawepo Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria Toyosi Thomas Bilikis Oladimeji Oba Of Jebba Sidikat Akaje Saduki Lafiagi Yekini Adio Segun Olawoyin Yahaya Seriki Baba-Isale IYA YUSUF Samuel Adedoyin Chief Imam Of Ilorin Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro Isin Odolaye Aremu Dele Belgore KWASAA Isa Aremu

