Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar on Saturday said ruling All Progressive Congress chairman Adams Oshiomole frustrated the past efforts to remove fuel subsidy.
“The Obasanjo government in which I served commenced a phased subsidy withdrawal,” Atiku tweeted on Saturday night.
“I was tasked with negotiating with then NLC Chairman and current APC Chairman who stood strongly against it,” he added.
Atiku said “Obasanjo government achieved some measure of subsidy removal before their exit in 2007.”
This is coming hours after Nigerian Government got rid of costly fuel subsidies and moved to a market-based pricing regime for petrol. Fuel subsidy programme has sparked mass protests and unrest across the country for years.
The Nigerian Government said late on Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari had granted approval to the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency to remove the price cap that was in place for petrol.
“What we are putting in place today is a…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
