A coalition of civil society organisations under the aegis of Civil Society Group for Good Governance at the weekend kicked against the proposed N3 trillion to be budgeted for payment of fuel subsidies this year.
“In the light of this humongous sum, we join well-meaning Nigerians in calling on the federal government to speed up the rehabilitation of the refineries to improve availability of products locally and reduce importation.” According to the coalition, “One urgent measure that needs to be addressed is our country’s borders which have remained largely porous. Without a doubt, some unpatriotic elements are cashing on this gap to divert and smuggle our subsidy-coated fuel to neighbouring countries.
It called on the Nigeria Customs Service and other relevant security agencies to pay special attention to the land borders in order to mitigate the smuggling of Nigeria’s petroleum products to neighbouring countries. “Nigerians can no longer tolerate the inefficiencies of the old NNPC in this new dispensation,” it maintained.
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