Subsidy Removal: FG Urged To Prepare Nigerians For Higher Fuel Prices
The Federal Government has been urged to prepare Nigerians for higher fuel prices that will follow the removal of the petrol subsidy in 2023.
This is the outcome of two online polls carried out by...
Oil Marketers Seek FG’s Clarification On Subsidy Removal Suspension
The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria has said it is seeking clarification from the Federal Government on how the suspension of petrol subsidy removal will affect market operations.
The Federal Government had last week suspended its...
Labour Lists Conditions For Fuel Subsidy Removal
Key labour unions in Nigeria met on Tuesday in Abuja where they outlined the conditions the Federal Government must meet before it would be allowed to stop subsidising Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol.
Officials of the Trade Union...
Fuel Subsidy Removal and the Needless Furore
By Maryam I. Shettima
Mr. President is in the eye of the storm for realizing the inevitable expungement of the fuel subsidy in Nigeria. There have been furore and knee jerk reactions by some people who think the decision...
Subsidy Removal Will Earn Nigeria N1trn Annually
The Federal Government yesterday said the country stood to rake in over N1 trillion annually from fuel subsidy removal.
Minister of State, Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, said the cash would be deployed to fund other critical components of the...
NECA, Others Back Sanusi’s Call For Fuel Subsidy Removal
Against the backdrop of the statement by the Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II, that the country was on the brink of bankruptcy, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association and other stakeholders have asked the Federal...
