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.

Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Kale Bayero     Omupo     Kwara NIPR     Oluronke Adeyemi     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Harmony Holdings     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Alaiye     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Olofa Of Offa     Al-Ilory     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Jaiz Bank     Usman Alkali Baba     Ajayi Okasanmi     Mustapha Olanipekun     NFAI     Obuh     Ayinde Oyepitan     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Arinola Lawal     Kunle Okeowo     Joseph Bamigboye     Saba Mamman Daniel     Kwara United     Kola Adesina     Modibbo Kawu     ER-KANG Mining     Jumoke F. Ajao     Ayo Adeyemi     Suwa-Arabs     Najim Yaasin     Orisa Bridge     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Zaratu Umar     Bolakale Kawu     Radio Kwara     Funmilayo Mohammed     Innocent Okoye     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Erubu Oba Zubair     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Tunde Saad     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Osinbajo     Bolaji Aladie     Amasa     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Isiaka Oniwa     Raji AbdulRasaq     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Ramat Oganija     Susan Modupe Oluwole     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Simeon Sayomi     Olawuyi     Durbar Festival     College Of Education     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Sarah Alade     Abegunde Goke     Baruten     Lanre Badmas     Olatomiwa Williams     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Harrison Osauwagboe     George Funsho Adebayo     Ahmed Bayero     Amina El-Imam     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Rotimi Atere    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Aliyu Alhassan     Bola Sagaya     Dogara     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Oye Tinuoye     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Michael Nzekwe     GAMA     Samari     Muritala Olarewaju     Peter Amogbonjaye     Waheed Ibrahim     Eleja     Al-Hikmah University     Jaiz Bank     Oke-Odo     Akorede     John Obuh     Dagbalodo     Agboola Abdulraheem     Pius Abioje     Ganmo     Mustapha Olanipekun     Smart School     LABTOP     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Umar Gunu     Shonga     Irepodun     Rafiu Ajakaye     Ajikobi     Ilorin Airport     Isiaka Alikinla     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Ramat Oganija     Aremu Bose Deborah     Zainab Abass     Iqra Books     Tunji Folami     Sa\'adu Gambari     Oniwa     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Code Of Conduct     Amina El-Imam     Fatimat Saliu     Orisun Igbomina     Oke-opin     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     HYPPADEC     Rachael Obisesan     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Umar Saro     Lai Gobir     Ariyo     Otuka     Olugbense     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Jimba Babatunde     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Wasiu Onidugbe     Lawal Olohungbebe     Olaoye B. Felix     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     First Lady     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Abdulwahab Oba     Maimunat Oniyangi     Suleiman Mora Omar     Oyawoye     Aso-ofi     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     07039448763