{"id":111926,"date":"2021-11-25T09:16:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T08:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=111926"},"modified":"2021-11-25T09:20:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T08:20:15","slug":"nigeria-losing-n250bn-monthly-to-fuel-subsidy-says-zainab-ahmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/25\/nigeria-losing-n250bn-monthly-to-fuel-subsidy-says-zainab-ahmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria losing N250bn monthly to fuel subsidy, says Zainab Ahmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed has stated that Nigeria will remove fuel subsidues by 2022 and replace them with N5000-a-month transportation grant to the poorest Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>This was stated on Tuesday by the minister while speaking at the launch of the World Bank Nigeria Development Update (NDU).<\/p>\n<p>The minister said the grant will go to about 30 to 40 million Nigerians who make up the poorest population of the country.<\/p>\n<p>She said the final number of beneficiaries will depend on the resources available after the removal of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/12\/fg-to-pay-nigerians-transport-allowance-after-fuel-subsidy-removal\/\"> fuel subsidy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe subsidies regime in the [oil] sector remains unsustainable and economically disingenuous,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAhead of the target date of mid-2022 for the complete elimination of fuel subsidies, we are working with our partners on measures to cushion potential negative impact of the removal of the subsidies on the most vulnerable at the bottom 40% of the population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of such measures would be to institute a monthly transport subsidy in the form of cash transfer of N5,000 to between 30 \u2013 40 million deserving Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank in the development update had said the poorest 40% in Nigeria consume less than 3% of the total PMS in the country, highlighting that the rich were benefiting more from the subsidies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAhead of the target date of mid-2022 for the complete elimination of fuel subsidies, we are working with our partners on measures to cushion potential negative impact of the removal of the subsidies on the most vulnerable at the bottom 40% of the population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of such measures would be to institute a monthly transport subsidy in the form of cash transfer of N5,000 to between 30 \u2013 40 million deserving Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The World Bank in the development update had said the poorest 40% in Nigeria consume less than 3% of the total PMS in the country, highlighting that the rich were benefiting more from the subsidies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very optimistic that the recent developments in the oil sector, such as the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021, hopefully, the full reactivation of the 4 public refineries in the country, and the completion and coming on stream of the 3 private refineries under construction in 2022, would significantly boost contribution from the sector to our economic growth efforts,\u201d Ahmed added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI agree with the Report that with the expansion of social protection policies during the pandemic, the government has an opportunity to phase out subsidies such as the PMS subsidy while utilizing cash transfers to safeguard the welfare of poor and middle-class households.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed said this move is set for June 2022, but the federal government hopes to do this before June \u2014 in line with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed has stated that Nigeria will remove fuel subsidues by 2022 and replace them with N5000-a-month transportation grant to the poorest Nigerians. 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