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PENGASSAN Confirms Return of Fuel Subsidy Under Tinubu Government

NewsOnline Nigeria subsequently found documents that showed that despite the numerous assurances by Tinubu that the subsidy was gone, the federal government paid N169.4 billion as subsidy in August to keep the pump price at N620 per litre.

by NewsOnline Nigeria
October 8, 2023
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PENGASSAN has confirmed the return of fuel subsidy under the Tinubu Government.

 

NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has confirmed the return of fuel subsidy under President Bola Tinubu.

 

This Nigeria news platform recalls that President Bola Tinubu had announced the removal of fuel subsidy on his first day in office, leading to an increase in fuel price from N197 to between N480 and N570, the pump price was subsequently reviewed upward to N620.

 

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However, there were reports that the price would go up as a result of fluctuation in the global oil market.

 

There were reports that the federal government intervened to prevent a further rise in pump price, but the government denied this.

Subsidy back as FG pays N169.4bn in August

 

However, NewsOnline Nigeria subsequently found documents that showed that despite the numerous assurances by Tinubu that the subsidy was gone, the federal government paid N169.4 billion as subsidy in August to keep the pump price at N620 per litre.

 

A document by the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), sighted by our reporter, showed that in August 2023, the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) paid $275m as dividends to Nigeria via NNPC Limited. NNPC Limited used $220m (N169.4 billion at N770/$) out of the $275m to pay for the PMS subsidy. Then NNPC held back $55m, illegally.

The government neither confirmed nor denied the story.

 

Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Festus Osifo, National President of PENGASSAN, said due to the cost of crude oil in the international market and the exchange rate, the government still pays subsidies on petrol.

 

“They [government] are paying subsidy today. In reality today, there is a subsidy because as of when the earlier price was determined, the price of crude in the international market was somewhere around $80 for a barrel. But today, it has moved to about $93/94 per barrel for Brent crude. So, because it has moved, then the price [of petroleum] also needed to move,” he said.

 

He said before the government can stop subsidizing petroleum, two things must happen.

 

“The only reason the price will not move is when you are able to manage your exchange rate effectively and you are able to pump in supply and bring down the exchange rate.

“So, if the exchange rate comes down today, we will not be paying subsidy. But with the exchange rate value and the price of crude oil in the international market, we have introduced subsidy,” the PENGASSAN boss said.

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