The federal government has declared it has no plans to remove fuel subsidy.
Finance Minister Mrs. Zainab Ahmed disclosed this on Sunday at a joint press briefing with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele at the end of the 2019 World Bank/International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings in United States.
She said: “We are here to discuss with the global community on various policy issues. One of the issues that always come up, especially in the IMF Article IV is how we handle fuel subsidy.
So in principle, the IMF would say fuel subsidies are better removed so that you can use the resources for other important sectors, which is a good advice. “But in Nigeria, we do not have any plans to remove fuel subsidies at this time because we have not yet designed buffers that will enable us remove the subsidy and provide cushions for our people.”
She added: “So there is no plan to remove fuel subsidy. We will be working with various groups to find out…
