Thursday, 28 March 2013
Presidency makes u-turn about fuel subsidy.
No plans to remove fuel subsidy – Presidency
THE Presidency, Thursday in
what appears to be a U-turn, reversed
its earlier plans to remove fuel subsidy,
just as it said that the federal
government was not nursing sucha
move and the issue not on its table.
In a statement by the Senior Special
Assistant to President Goodluck
Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, only a
government that has no good plans for
its people will take such a decision,
adding that the president and the
government were not insensitive to the
plights of Nigerians.
The statement read, "Contrary tothe
speculation in the media and
assumption by certain groups within the
polity, we wish to state categorically
that, the removal of oil subsidy is not on
the table of the Transformation Agenda
of the President.
"The statement made by President
Goodluck Jonathan at the recent
Economic Summit held in Lagos was a
frank, intellectual and well articulated
contribution by the President to the
discussion on the Nigerian Economy at
the said Summit, and it was from a
honest and sincere leadership
perspective.
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