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Subsidy removal: FG broke, Tinubu’ll roll out incentives to reduce effect – Onanuga

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HOME NEWS POLITICS METRO SPORT ENTERTAINMENT OPINION EDUCATION HEALTH INTERVIEW DAILY POST GHANA CONNECT WIT did   on   Ju bi Bayo Onanuga, a former spokesman to President Bola Tinubu, has declared that the Nigerian Government is “virtually broke.” Onanuga made the remark while stressing that the subsidy on fuel is no longer sustainable. To this end, Onanuga urged Nigerian workers to support Tinubu as he develops incentives to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. In a tweet, Onanuga wrote: “Subsidy of fuel is no longer unsustainable as the FG is virtually broke. “Apart from its N77 trillion debt, it also owes the NNPC Limited about N2.4 trillion for past subsidies. “The Nigerian people and workers should support the government as it works out new wages and rolls out other interventions, as promised by President Tinubu, to mitigate the effects of new fuel price.”
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Nigerian Labour Congress Declares Nationwide Strike From Wednesday Over Fuel Subsidy Crisis

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  The Nigeria Labour Congess (NLC) has declared a nationwide strike from next Wednesday. This comes amid fuel shortages across the country occasioned by President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural speech in which he declared that “fuel subsidy is gone”. The union announced the industrial action on Friday, following a meeting of its National Executive Council (NEC) in Abuja over the fuel subsidy removal and subsequent hike in the pump price of petrol. The NEC comprises all Presidents, General Secretaries, Treasurers of all NLC’s affiliate unions; State Chairpersons and Secretaries of the NLC State Councils, Chairperson of the NLC Youth Committee and members of the National Administrative Council (NAC). SaharaReporters had reported on Wednesday that the meeting between the federal government and the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over fuel subsidy removal ended without a consensus. The meeting began around 4pm on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Representatives of the Federal Government
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Enugu State Governor Bans Sit-at-home

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Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah   Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has banned the sit-at-home order in the state while calling on President Bola Tinubu to release the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu.  ADVERTISEMENT Mbah made this known while briefing journalists on the outcome of his first security council meeting with the heads of all the security agencies at the Government House, Enugu State. The sit-at-home, declared in the South-East to press for Kanu’s release, the governor noted, has impeded economic activities. “Consequently, from Monday, June 6, 2023, there will be no observance of any sit-at-home in all nooks and crannies of Enugu State,” he said on Thursday. Governor Mbah noted that his “government will enforce this with all the powers at its disposal”. ADVERTISEMENT While assuring stakeholders of dialogue, the governor urged Enugu residents “to take back our sense of industry, pride of place and re-enact our glorious past. By heeding this call
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Tinubu Appoints Gbajabiamila As Chief Of Staff, Akume As SGF

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The president also appointed Sen. Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff.     ADVERTISEMENT President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday in Abuja announced the appointment of Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff. The president also appointed Sen. Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, a former Deputy Governor of Jigawa State, as Deputy Chief of Staff. In a meeting with the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), the President also named a former Governor of Benue State and immediate past Minister of Special Duties, George Akume, to serve as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).
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