{"id":272608,"date":"2023-06-06T17:28:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T16:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=272608"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:28:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T16:28:06","slug":"obi-clarifies-position-on-subsidy-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/06\/06\/obi-clarifies-position-on-subsidy-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Obi clarifies position on subsidy removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has shed light on his support for the removal of fuel subsidies but gave conditions to be met for the desired result to be achieved.<\/p>\n<p>Obi was said to have spoken to reporters at the Court of Appeal Headquarters, in Abuja, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement issued by the Obi-Datti Media Office, in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He was quoted as saying that his support for subsidy removal dates back to the Goodluck Jonathan era when he served as a member of the Presidential economic management team.<\/p>\n<p>Obi said, \u201cIf you have followed me very well right from the time I was a member of Jonathan\u2019s economic management team, I consistently maintained that subsidy should be removed because I see it as organized crime. People were just stealing the resources of the country and I showed empirically in my statistical analysis that we are not consuming the amount of fuel they claim we consume.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/05\/18\/why-abubakar-audus-son-apologised-to-peter-obi-onifade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">former Anambra state Governor<\/a> differentiated his idea of Subsidy removal from what is happening in the country now that they are linking him to the two options available to a person having a tooth ache.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that if you approach a dentist to remove a painful tooth, he will apply a local anesthetic to numb the area around the tooth so you do not feel pain.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that it was not the same thing as pulling the tooth forcefully, the pain you feel will be different.<\/p>\n<p>The LP Presidential candidate further said, \u201cFor me, I will go with the approach of the dentist while supporting the removal of the tooth because I wouldn\u2019t want to go through the pain of forceful removal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecall that even when Jonathan wanted to remove it they came up with various relieving policies like SureP and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you read my manifesto you will see clearly how I planned to remove subsidy, I will govern with the people and show them statistically and empirically what we are getting and how we are deploying it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem In Nigeria is that when people say let\u2019s go and suffer, let\u2019s go and sacrifice, they don\u2019t see the results of their suffering and their sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has shed light on his support for the removal of fuel subsidies but gave conditions to be met for the desired result to be achieved. 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