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| Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, GMD, NNPC |
GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of
Edo State has explained why he stood with the Federal Government on the new
price of petrol, saying that the fundamentals and economic indices were
different from what they were a few years ago.
He said Nigerians must
undergo some pain before reaping the gains. The governor said it did not make
economic sense for the government to spend more than half of its earnings on
fuel subsidy to the detriment of other development programmes.
Speaking at a special
thanksgiving service organised by
Apostle Charles Osazuwa, Senior Pastor and founder of Rock of Ages Christian
Assembly International, RACAi, Benin City, to round off a seven-day programme
of the church, yesterday, Oshiomhole said that the former government of
President Goodluck Jonathan spent as much as N1.2 trillion on fuel subsidy.
He said, “I have listened to our chairman Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun and he reminded us that Minister of Petroleum, Kachikwu, has been
under fire. I believe the fire will continue for some time.
Despite what he is going
through, the minister recognised that we can’t be too busy to come to the
church to ask God to help us to do the job.” Also speaking, Minister of State
for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu insisted that the government of President
Muhammadu Buhari is a government of hope, explaining that things could not
continue the way they have been.
In the same vein, the
national chairman of All Progressives
Congress, APC, Odigie-Oyegun, noted that the country was going through
difficult times, but the people must change their ways for things to get
better.
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