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Ex-Governor Adams Oshiomhole has justified the decision of President Bola Tinubu to announce the removal of fuel subsidy.

“During the last fuel crisis, I found myself paying N1,000 for a litre somewhere in Edo state, where I ran out of fuel and had to refuel in order to get back home,” Mr Oshiomhole stated. “I wasn’t the only one. Many people. You find people sleeping in the petrol stations.”

Mr Tinubu’s “subsidy is gone” pronouncement triggered a sudden surge in petrol pump price and panic buying across Nigeria.

Petrol pump prices now range from N488 to N540. Some areas reported that the pump price of petrol rose as high as N1,200.

Mr Oshiomhole told Channels TV Sunday night that the new president’s declaration was in order when asked if Mr Tinubu had carefully considered his “subsidy is gone” statement.

“It is not a sudden withdrawal because at the time the budget was announced, subsidy will end in June,” stated the former Edo governor.

The former NLC leader added, “Whether you reverse the policy today and bring it back in June, what is the difference? You know that assuming that the government announced that today the policy had been reversed until June, marketers will start hoarding, and the price will go even higher.”

Mr Oshiomhole, who led several protests against petrol price hikes, likened fuel subsidy removal to a life-saving surgery, admitting that “the response of NLC is legitimate.”

“Namely, this decision will lead to a higher cost of living. My take-home pay can no longer take me home. In leadership, you have to take tough but necessary decisions in order to save the patient,” explained the former Edo governor.

The ex-NLC president added, “When doctors carry out surgery, they know that there will be some pain, but the surgery is necessary to keep the patient alive. He would suffer pain in the short run, but in the long run, you hope that he would live longer. I think those are the issues not about whether you talk properly or you did it properly.”

NLC will go on a nationwide strike against sudden fuel subsidy removal without provisions for palliatives to cushion the effects of subsidy removal on the masses.

The National Union of Electricity Employees and Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria are expected to join the protest on Wednesday.

Source- https://gazettengr.com/i-bought-fuel-n1000-under-buhari-tinubus-subsidy-removal-decision-correct-oshiomhole/

Did anyone expect him to come on national TV and criticize the government? Not possible!!

Politics brings out the worst in people who were hitherto considered sensible and intelligent.

Politicians are just their for their selfish purposes. Trust them at your own peril.

If that terrorist still a president I don't think this duafu will talk against him.

Doo we expect atack because he is irrelevant no more power

What an ugly man.

All I know is that FUEL SUBSIDY IS GONE FOR FOREVER AND FOR GOOD.

Wahala

See this idiot that campaign vigorously for Buhari 2019 now coming out to say this y not say this when he was in power Nigerians calm shall . God bless John Rawlings of blessed memory I wish we can have your type in Nigeria invite all the corrupt politicians to Eagle square for dinner party and bomb them all

The duty of government is to make life easy for people anything apart from this is failure.

Hm

U have joined politics so u will support them. We hear, next

They should stop granting any APC vagabond interview.

It doesn't matter who is the head, APC is a demonic party. Using the official exchange rate of Naira to the dollar, we are now buying a litre of fuel for above a dollar. It is not that expensive anywhere among the OPEC members.
Nigeria is the poverty capital of the world with more than half of her population leaving below a dollar per day. Yet government still make poorly thought out policies at the detriment of the people creating more hardship.
Their aim is to appear financially solvent to borrow more money that would end up being looted.

Oshiomhole should be mindful of the way he talks in public.

The current fuel imbroglio is avoidable if the proper thing has been done. The masses should not be the one to bear the brunt.

Baba don switch goal post

People that voted them here are your messiahs

APC is a scourge on the world

Just for the records for those who remember, Oshomole was very vocal in 2011 in support of the removal of subsidy even though he was not in PDP then.

Lol

Na your driver play you street

Hmmmmm

Same Oshiomhole? This life!😂😂😂

Werey

This is someone that cried blue murder and protested when OBJ wanted to increase fuel price from 20 Naira to 40 Naira.

black man with bad mind just dey play

With your money or people own, thief !

Lie lie.

We gather dey

What you are saying is that if you as a former governor and recent senator can afford it, to hell with rest of Nigeria, government should remove the subsidy hell Will not fall! Ba? You be confirmed Olori buruku!