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Nigerians Who Can’t Afford New Fuel Price Should Trek Or Buy Bicycles – Omokri

Posted by Thandiubani on Fri 02nd Jun, 2023 - tori.ng

Omokri submitted that oil subsidy is like pissing away the national wealth and is unsustainable.

 
Former presidential media aide, Reno Omokri has asked Nigerians who are not able to afford the new pump price of petrol to buy bicycles or trek.
 
This is as he gave his support to President Bola Tinubu for removing fuel subsidy.
 
Taking to his social media page, he wrote: “I just returned from Ghana. They are an oil-producing nation, like Nigeria. Yet, they don’t have cheap petrol like Nigeria. Petrol (Premium Motor Spirit) in Ghana is GH₵13.2 per litre at the official rate, which is ₦550. Ghana does not subsidise petrol. That is why they have enough money left to put other things in place, like power plants for 24/7 uninterrupted electricity, good schools and hospitals, etc.
 
“We can’t be pissing away our national wealth on an unsustainable fuel subsidy, which is mainly consumed by city dwellers who have multiple cars, and be surprised why we have infrastructural deficits.
 
“Lagos, Kaduna and Abuja now have trains and commercial buses. Other states should follow suit. Nigerians who cannot afford the new fuel prices should be encouraged and helped by the government to acquire environmentally friendly alternatives, like bicycles.
 
“And let us trek some more. It is even good. Our population is exploding. We have one of the fastest-growing populations on Earth. Our population is growing faster than our economy. If we are too busy walking from point A to B, we will also be too busy to make babies we have challenges raising.”
 


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