The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has appealed to the Federal Government to remove fuel (petrol) subsidy.
El-Rufai made the appeal during the ‘State-of-the-State’ session at the on-going Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), held in Abuja, on Monday.
The Governor was asked ‘what should be the priority of the government’ and he replied ‘remove fuel subsidy immediately.’
El-Rufai further said; “Under this administration, we have met religiously, almost every month, because we have only one economy.’’
“We took a decision to remove subsidy in September 2021. The Minister of Finance also agreed.’’
“We agreed that the money from there should be channelled into health, education and infrastructure.”
The Governor’s comment is coming at a time the price of fuel has jumped to N190/per liter from N165/per litre in Abuja. In some States, the price has gone up to over N200.00.
This is despite the Federal Government spending over N2.04trn on subsidy.