Femi Adesina – former media aide to Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari has said that he(Buhari) refused to remove fuel subsidy while in office because he cared for the ordinary Nigerians.
Adesina, who made this known in a statement said Buhari did not want something that would throw the society into a “tailspin” for the sake of the ordinary people, even though he shared the conviction to remove subsidies at the end of his tenure.
He said, “…who ensured that subsidies remained as long as it did? Buhari. And why? The people, the ordinary people. His argument was always simple.
“When oil sold for at least $100 per barrel in the international market, rising even to as high as $140 per barrel, what did the ordinary people gain? Nothing! So why should they be the ones to bear the brunt when oil prices fall?”,
“He didn’t want to do something that would throw society into a tailspin for the sake of the ordinary people”.
