‘They lied to Nigerians’ – Kenneth Okonkwo accuses Tinubu govt of secretly bringing back fuel subsidy

A Chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Kenneth Okonkwo, has alleged that the medication of President Bola Tinubu is secretly returning substance subsidy done its 30-day petrol terms discount.

Speaking connected Inside Source, a programme connected Channels Television connected Sunday, Okonkwo stated that the authorities was lone avoiding the sanction portion introducing a measurement designed to trim the outgo of substance for Nigerians.

The erstwhile Nollywood histrion turned person faulted the Federal Government’s assertion that the caller chopped successful petrol terms was conscionable a discount and not a instrumentality to subsidy.

According to him, determination is nary existent quality betwixt subsidy and discount, arsenic some are aimed astatine reducing what Nigerians wage for fuel.

“Sorry to accidental this, Taiwo Oyedele lied erstwhile helium said it was not a subsidy. It was a subsidy,” Okonkwo declared.

He said the involution came due to the fact that of the precocious outgo of petrol and the hardship it has caused families and businesses.

The ADC chieftain noted that the chopped successful pump terms from astir N1,500 to N1,350 per litre proves the authorities knows Nigerians request relief.

“What were they trying to do? They were trying to trim costs. They acknowledged by themselves that the outgo was becoming unbearable for the peop...