Fuel Subsidy: Falana Gives Scorecard of Tinubu’s One Month in Office

• President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has completed one month in office, and political players and stakeholders have begun to assess him
• However, there was a mixed reaction to his famous declaration of subsidy removal at his inauguration
• Senior lawyer Femi Falana (SAN), while assessing Tinubu, urged him to fast-track curbing the ripple effect of subsidy removal

Nigerian A-list lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has given his assessment of the performance of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s one month in office.

Falana, a guest on Channels TV’s late-night program’ Politics Today’ on Friday, Jun 30, said Tinubu’s administration took Nigerians by surprise from day one of his inauguration speech, where he declared subsidy removal.

The senior advocate said Nigerians, especially the poor masses, have felt the reverberating effect of Tinubu’s declaration on subsidy.

Falana blamed this development on the “irresponsibility” of the ruling class as he noted that there was a need for the government to act fast to alleviate the citizens’ suffering.

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He said:

“The government will have to move speedily to address the suffering of the people, undeserved pains inflicted on the people, because of the irresponsibility of the Nigerian ruling class,” he said.

“Whereas Gen Muhammadu Buhari had promised in 2015, ‘When I get to power, I am going to fix all the refineries.’”

Fuel subsidy: Falana speaks on solution

Meanwhile, Falana said what is important in the implementation of government policies is to look at the impact on the people.

He said:

“Now that it’s clear that those who initially applauded the removal of fuel subsidy are beginning to appreciate the enormity of the crisis that it has caused for the country are now mounting pressure on the government to fast-track the process of cushioning the effects of the removal.

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“No doubt there was a lot of fraud that characterised the management of fuel subsidy and the government will have to investigate that.”

Falana calls for quick arraignment of Emefiele, Bawa

In another development, human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has called for the quick arraignment of suspended CBN boss Godwin Emefiele.

The A-list lawyer charged the Department of State Services (DSS) with hastening the investigation of suspended EFCC boss Abdulrasheed Bawa.

He, however, noted that the prolonged detainment of Emefiele does not align with the tenets of the law.

Source: Legit.ng