Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has explained why he stood with the Federal Government on the new price of petrol.
Oshiomhole said the fundamentals and economic indices are different
from what they were a few years ago and it is the difficult pain
Nigerians must undergo before reaping the gains.
According to him, it does not make economic sense for the
government to spend more than half its earnings just on fuel subsidy to
the detriment of other development programmes.
Speaking at a special thanksgiving service organised by Apostle
Charles Osazuwa, the Senior Pastor and founder of Rock of Ages Christian
Assembly International, Benin City, to round off a seven-day programme
of the church on Sunday, Oshiomhole said the former Government of President Goodluck Jonathan spent as much as N1.2 trillion on fuel subsidy.
He said: “l have listened to our chairman, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun, and he reminded us that the Hon. Minister of Petroleum,
Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has been under fire. I believe the fire will continue
for some time.
In spite of all that he is going through, the Minister
recognized that we can’t be too busy to come to the church to ask God to
help us to do the job. After all, the Bible says that the unless the
Lord builds the house, the labourer labours in vain.
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