Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, has stated that the Federal Government is now spending more on fuel subsidies than previously.<\/p>\n
He made these comments to reporters after presenting the main paper at a capacity-building workshop aimed at improving the skills of government officials in policy implementation and productive human resource management for political appointees, which took place in Maiduguri on Monday.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cThe federal government is now subsidizing fuel; many people don\u2019t know this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Applauding the policy, El-Rufai added, \u201cIt is a right policy. I have always supported the withdrawal of oil subsidy; but in the course of implementing the policy, the government realised that subsidy has to be back; right now, government is a lot of money for subsidy, even more than before.
\n\u201cYou start implementing a policy because you are absolutely sure it is the right policy, but in the course of implementation, you come across bottlenecks, and you modify.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe keyword in leadership, in my view, is pragmatism. You should be pragmatic. So when you make a policy, you start implementing it, and it doesn\u2019t seem to work well. You should have the humility to stand back and say this is not working, and you modify it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the former Kaduna governor also took a swipe at the critics of President Bola Tinubu\u2019s administration over leadership deficit, accusing them of hasty judgment.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is too early to judge the present administration.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt (the Tinubu administration) has been there just for nine months now,\u201d he observed, adding, \u201cLeadership is a work in progress.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stressing further, the former Kaduna governor maintained, \u201cLeadership is a continuous thing, and you cannot judge someone who has four years in just nine months.\u201d<\/p>\n
He, however, charged Nigerians to pray for their leaders for God\u2019s guidance.<\/p>\n
Tinubu, on inauguration day, declared that the subsidy removal on fuel in the country was gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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