Northern Youth warns against proposed removal of fuel subsidy

Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, has warned against the planned removal of fuel subsidy, threatening that it would be resisted.

While expressing their stand to the proposed fuel subsidy removal, the group raised the concern over the potential impact of such move on “already struggling economy and the Nigerian people.”

The President of the group, Alhaji Isa Abubakar, who stated this in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday, also expressed fears that any palliative measures put in place to cushion the effect of the subsidy removal would be looted by corrupt individuals, just like the COVID-19 intervention funds.

Consequently, the group called on the Nigerian government to reconsider its decision to remove the subsidy, arguing that it would only lead to an increase in the cost of living for the average Nigerian, who is already struggling to make ends meet.