Former President Buhari has commended President Bola Tinubu for removing the fuel subsidy while adding that his administration began the process. The former president also explained why his administration was unable to make the move.
This was communicated through his immediate media aide, Garba Shehu, stating that the allegation that the immediate past administration failed to remove the fuel subsidy is unfounded and uncalled for.
Garba Shehu explained that the ex-President Buhari’s reign removed other subsidies, and this is what he expected the ruling party o explain to the Nigerian public but failed to do so. He noted that the removal of the fuel subsidy was not a unilateral decision that the President can wake up in a day and take action upon.
The spokesperson noted that ex-President Muhammadu Buhari removed subsidies on diesel, aviation fuel, LPFO, Kerisene, cooking gas, and other policies.
He stated that: “So no, Buhari didn’t remove the petrol subsidy but in vitally important stages he removed every other budget-busting, egregious, economic-growth-crushing subsidy along the way.”
