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.

Alikinla     Abdulhakeem Amao     Ojuekun Sarumi     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Chikanda     Modupe Oluwole     Jumoke F. Ajao     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Biliaminu Aliu     Ilorin General Hospital     Guber Aspirant     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Ridwan Agboola     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Gbugbu     Bisi Kristien     Ilorin Like-Minds     Osi     Moremi High School     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Mufti Of Ilorin     Bamidele Adegoke     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Idofin     Oro Grammar School     Isiaq Khadeejah     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Zainab Abass     Apaola     Razaq Atunwa     Egbejila     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Dan Masanin     Akeem Olatunji     Oko Erin     Doyin Group     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Bolaji Nagode     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Bola Magaji     Doyin Awoyale     Gbugbu International Market     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Saad Omo\'ya     Bilikisu Gambari     JMK Construction Company Limited     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Kwara 2023     Split Diamond Interchange     Olohungbebe     KSIRS     Oluranti Idowu     Ademola Kiyesola     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Joseph Bamigboye     Haliru Dantoro     Otuka     Ilorin Amusement Park     Abdulwaheed Musa     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Bankole Omisore     Gbemisola Saraki     Christopher Odetunde     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Adaramaja     Tunji Ajanaku     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Council Of The Wise     Kawu Baraje     Jimba Babatunde    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Muritala Olarewaju     Binta Abubakar Mora     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Ilorin Metro Park     Sambo Murtala     Suleiman Mora Omar     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     KwaraLearn     Col. Adedipe     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Naira Redesign     Metro Park     Kwarareports.com     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Gbemi Saraki     Sam Okaula     Sulyman Tejidini     Salihu Ajia     Kwara State Football Association     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Moses Salami     Funmilayo Oniwa     Jimoh Olusola Imam     ANCOPPS     Undergraduate Bursary     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Okanlawon Musa     IHS Towers     Alaaya     Yekeen Alabi     Kunbi Titiloye     Haliru Dantoro     Christopher Ayeni     Toyosi Thomas     Baaziki Sulaiman     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Mohammed Danjuma     Kwara NIPR     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     HYPPADEC     Farouk Salim     Oni Adebayo     Patigi Regatta     Ishaq Oloyede     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Overland     Galland Marcias     Dumagi     Edu     Lanwa     Elections     Tinubu     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Saeedat Aliyu     N-Power     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Zulu Gambari     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Government House     Kwara Volleyball Association     CUTI     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Ilorin International Airport     Chief Of Staff     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Yetunde Balogun     Ahmad Fatima Bisola