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.

Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Ganmo     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Shehu Adaramaja     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Shonga Farm Project     Bolakale Kawu     Umar Ayinla Saro     Tsaragi-Share     IPSAS     New Nigeria People’s Party     VADA     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Yunus Oniboki     Abdulwahab Oba     Offa Grammer School     Kale Kawu     Ibrahim Akaje     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Ibrahim Bio     Ahmad Lawan     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Bolaji Gambari     Tunji Olawuyi     Government House     Owode Market     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Budo Egba     Olokoba Sulyman     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Okeose Christian Cementary     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Borgu     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Jimba Babatunde     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     KWTV     Kayode Yusuf     Surajudeen Akanbi     Kwarareports.com     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Shaaba Lafiagi     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Hakeem Lawal     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Musa Aibinu     Undergraduate Bursary     IHS     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Abdulkadir Orire     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Congress For National Consensus     Musa Alhassan Buge     Mohammed Haruna     Elekoyangan     Dan Iya     Saeedat Aliyu     Agbarigidoma     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Ibrahim Orire     Isapa     Pategi     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Folaranmi Aro     Awili Pedro     Muhammadu Buhari     Demola Banu     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Pius Abioje     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Egbewole     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Col. Adedipe     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Kehinde Baale     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Logun     V.O. Abioye     Firdaos Amasa     Shehu Adaramaja     Ita-Nmo Market     IQRA College     Nigeria Customs Service     Public Holiday     National Pilot     Mufutau Olatinwo     Ojuekun Sarumi     Malete     Oyun     ARMTI     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Moremi High School     Durosinlohun Kawu     Hassan Oyeleke     Bello Bature     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Olaiya Zuberu     Abubakar Suleiman     Kwara 2023     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Esinrogunjo     Oluwole Dupe     Toyosi Thomas     Alaro     Sadiq Buhari     Al-Adaby     Sulyman Tejidini     Rafiu Ibrahim     Doyin Awoyale     Offa Grammer School     Obasanjo     African Democratic Congress     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Abdulrazaq Akorede     SWAN     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Ibrahim Orire     Alaiye     Hamza Usman     Bello Oyedepo     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Ibrahim Mashood     Lotus Bank     Hassan Taiye Salam     Adeniyi Ojo     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Shururat Olatinwo     Albert Ogunsola     Tunji Ajanaku     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Alagbado     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Quarry Royal Valley     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Zulu Gambari     Esuwoye     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Adeola Abraham     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Curfew