Showing posts with label Fuel Subsidy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fuel Subsidy. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 November 2024

The End Austerity Campaign

by Yecenu Sasetu

The Reality


The lives of Nigerians changed significantly on May 29, 2023, when President Bola Tinubu said the infamous words “subsidy, gone" while he was being sworn in as President of Nigeria. Before now, many governments had tried to remove fuel subsidies but were always met with protests from opposition parties, activists, and citizens.

Thursday, 12 May 2016

Fuel Subsidy Removal: Worsening Nigerian Lives

Photo by Engin Akyurt on Pexels

For a while now, I have deliberately ignored commenting on the happenings in our country because one cannot speak against this government without being labeled ‘pro-Jonathan’, ‘pro-PDP’ or ‘anti-Buhari’. I know that this government needs time to get its foot firmly planted but refusing to see anything wrong with some of her policies – or the lack of it – is just wrong.