{"id":8215,"date":"2023-05-29T15:38:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T14:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/towncryyers.com\/?p=8215"},"modified":"2023-05-29T15:38:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T14:38:10","slug":"fuel-subsidy-is-gone-tinubu-declares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/towncryyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/29\/fuel-subsidy-is-gone-tinubu-declares\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuel Subsidy Is Gone, Tinubu Declares"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Adedayo Akinwale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Bola Tinubu has declared that there is no provision for fuel in his administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tinubu in his inaugural speech delivered on Monday in Abuja said there was no justification for the ever increasing fuel subsidy, saying the money would be channeled to other sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, \u201cNo provision is made for fuel subsidy. Fuel subsidy is gone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also announced that there would be a unified foreign exchange rate under his administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president also assured the current import rate was too high and anti-business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To this end, he said the rate would be brought down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Originally published at Thisday<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adedayo Akinwale President Bola Tinubu has declared that there is no provision for fuel in his administration. 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