The former Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, on Thursday, stated Nigerians are not feeling the impact of the gasoline subsidy removing.
Akande insisted that Nigerians are not benefitting from the elevated income accrued from the gasoline subsidy removing.
The former presidential aide disclosed this throughout an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
According to Akande: “The decision of fuel subsidy, that was the decision that was taken at the Federal level, the president came and said that subsidy is gone.
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“So many individuals stated this subsidy has develop into a monetary burden to the federal authorities, the folks on the grassroot are being impacted by that decision from the federal authorities.
“I have not seen the kind of real exchanges of the impact of these subsidy. Now there is no more subsidy, there is money in the hands of the president and governors but guess what, the people are not benefitting from the increased revenue.”
Akande questioned why there isn’t a punishment and penalties for these concerned within the gasoline subsidy rip-off.
He famous that these concerned within the gasoline subsidy rip-off must be made to face justice.
Akande added: “The scam of the subsidy that has happened over the years which we all agreed is a scam, nobody has been called to pay for it, there is still impunity, no consequences, the poor and common Nigerians are still the ones holding the end of the stick.
“And these are the problems we have to press in, the place is the profit of the rise in income? People are complaining, the place is the justice of the individuals who scammed Nigerians for years? Why is it that both the ADC, NDC, APC no person is speaking about justice? Why aren’t we punishing these individuals who perpetrated the rip-off?”
