…says Buhari made no provision for subsidy
By Udesinanna Stephen
The Spokesperson, All Progressive Congress, APC Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo has debunked the claims that President Bola Tinubu removed fuel subsidy, saying that Buhari’s Government made no provision for subsidy in June.
He said this today via his official Twitter handle @fkeyamo adding that, the narrative to read that Tinubu’s government has removed subsidy is incorrect.
Keyamo said, “Tinubu’s government has merely inherited a regime where there was no provision for subsidy in the 2023 Appropriation Act as from June, 2023 and the Petroleum Industry Act, which is now extant, has no provision for subsidy. President Tinubu merely acknowledged this state of affairs in his inaugural speech at the Eagle Square.”
According to him, since there was no provision for subsidy constitutionally, it would be illegal for Tinubu to reintroduce it.
Addressing critics he said, “They should also convince the Nigerian people why President Tinubu should embark on a present illegality that gulped $10 billion of our scarce or unavailable resources in 2022 alone.
“Those claiming to defend the right or welfare of workers should convince the Nigerian people that $10 billion injected into the economy yearly will not jumpstart the economy enough as to create massive jobs and even increase the same minimum wage they complain about.” He argued.