AS Nigerians lament the Federal Government’s removal of the petrol subsidy, Ademola Adegoroye, the immediate previous Minister of State for Transport, has allayed the fear of the people.
During his inaugural speech on Monday, President Bola Tinubu announced the elimination of the fuel subsidy.
Adegoroye, who declared that President Tinubu meant well for the country by removing the subsidy, said the President would soon take measures to alleviate people’s suffering.
He revealed this in a statement which he issued yesterday and made available in Akure, the capital of Ondo State.
According to the former minister, the removal of the subsidy was a good development for Nigeria going given the corruption embedded in the oil sector.
He said, “President Bola Tinubu demonstrated his sincerity and forthrightness to move Nigeria forward, to be true to Nigeria when he stated before the general elections that fuel subsidy will go once he becomes President.
“He (Tinubu) even went on to say that no matter how long Nigerians demonstrate, subsidy is a cankerworm that has stifled our economy and it only fans the embers of corruption and that retaining it will do us no good.
“What he did by those words even before the elections was that he was coming to work for Nigeria and not to play politics with us. Only Chief Obafemi Awolowo used to demonstrate such honesty and in recent times, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.
I recall that he even said that despite those utterances, he will still go on to win the elections.
“Nigerians ought to be prepared as notice was given. We pray for more sincere leaders like Tinubu. Let Nigerians be assured that this is a govt that cares for their welfare and as such, Mr President will shortly take well-considered measures to alleviate the suffering of Nigerians arising from the no subsidy regime.”
