‘Neighbouring Countries and the Rich’re Fuel Subsidy Beneficiaries’

By John Iwori
As the debate over the desirability of fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government continues, the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, has said Nigeria’s neighbouring countries, the rich and the middle class are the main beneficiaries of the fuel subsidy.
In a keynote address at one day seminar on the theme ‘Removal of Fuel Subsidy and its Impact on the Maritime Industry’, which took place in Ikeja, Lagos, Umar, who was hitherto a member of the

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