The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has said that the Federal Government of Nigeria is still paying fuel subsidies in secret without the knowledge of the Nigerian people.
Sowore made this claim on Tuesday when he appeared as a guest in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’.
He stated that subsidies were not only for petrol but also for the naira, which he said was secretly maintained at a certain rate to the dollar.
The human rights activist slammed the Federal Government for benefitting the rich through ‘waivers and customs’ rather than helping the poor.
Sowore highlighted the negative economic effect of removing subsidies, including a decline in the value of the naira and increased poverty.
“In the first place, they are still paying subsidies. They just changed the name of what they call it.
“They are subsidizing not only petrol because they don’t
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