On Friday, Femi Falana, SAN, attributed the difficulties caused by the alleged fraud committed by beneficiaries of the fuel subsidy regime and broken promises to reform the oil sector to the "irresponsibility" of the ruling class.
There is, thusly, a requirement for the National Government to move quickly to reduce the residents' sufferings, the common liberties legal counselor noted during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today..
He said:
“The government will have to move speedily to address the suffering of the people, undeserved pains inflicted on the people, because of the irresponsibility of the Nigerian ruling class.”“Whereas Gen Muhammadu Buhari had promised in 2015, ‘When I get to power, I am going to fix all the refineries.’”
In his inaugural address on May 29, President Bola Tinubu declared that the "fuel subsidy is gone." This declaration has sparked a variety of reactions in light of the dramatic rise in national fuel prices.
As per Falana, what is significant in the execution of government approaches is to check out at the effect on individuals.
He said:
“Now that it’s clear that those who initially applauded the removal of fuel subsidy are beginning to appreciate the enormity of the crisis that it has caused for the country are now mounting pressure on the government to fast-track the process of cushioning the effects of the removal.”
“No doubt there was a lot of fraud that characterised the management of fuel subsidy and the government will have to investigate that.”
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