Ogun State Governor and former Chairman of the Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Dapo Abiodun has described fuel subsidy as a scam, saying its removal by President Bola Tinubu would improve the lot of Nigerians.
Abiodun said this yesterday while speaking with newsmen shortly after a two-Raka’at prayer to mark this year’s Eid-el-Kabir at Lantoro praying ground in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The governor, who was represented by his former Chief of Staff, now a Senator, representing Ogun-Central Senatorial district, Shu’aib Afolabi Salis, said with the removal of the subsidy more funds would be available to the Federal Government to address the needs of Nigerians.
Abiodun said the corruption in the fuel subsidy regime cost Nigeria a huge amount of revenue, adding that only a few Nigerians benefited from the regime.
He called on Nigerians to be patient with the Tinubu over the removal of fuel subsidy, saying the hardship being experienced was temporary. Abiodun argued that fuel subsidy had to be removed for Nigeria’s economy to survive “because Nigerians were not benefiting from it”.
According to him, “Every good thing will come with some little pain, but what is important is that you could see a clear direction that Bola Tinubu is providing the leadership as President and by providing that leadership every other thing will fall into place and there is no better time to make those difficult but very necessary decision. In another six months, one year, we will begin to see the benefits.
