BREAKING: "Why I Did Not Remove Fuel Subsidy", Buhari Opens Up, Faults APC

• Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari has commended President Bola Tinubu for removing the fuel subsidy, adding that his administration began the process
• The former President also faulted the claim that he failed to remove the subsidy while noting that his administration removed the subsidy on Kerosene, diesel, etc, adding that subsidy removal is not a one-man show
• Buhari, through his media aide, Garba Shehu, then faulted the APC for not providing clarity about the former President's effort in removing the fuel subsidy

FCT, Abuja - Former President Muhammadu Buhari has commended President Bola Tinubu on the removal of the fuel subsidy removal while explaining why his administration did not take the move.

The former President in a statement by his immediate media aide, Garba Shehu, said the allegation that the immediate past administration failed to remove the fuel subsidy is unfounded and uncalled for.

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According to Shehu, the former President expected the All Progressives Congress (APC) to provide clarity on the notion that the previous administration of Buhari crippled the country's economy over its failure to remove the subsidy.

He explained that the ex-President Buhari's reign removed other subsidies and this is what he expected the ruling party to explain to the Nigerian public but failed to do so.

According to Shehu, the removal of the fuel subsidy was not a unilateral decision that the President can wake up in a day and take action upon.

Subsidy removal is not a one-man show, Buhari tells Tinubu

He said:

"The decision to remove subsidies, as in our case - and we believe in all situations - was not for the President to take all by himself."

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Buhari's spokesperson noted that ex-President Muhammadu Buhari remove subsidies on diesel, aviation fuel, LPFO, Kerosene, cooking gas, and other policies.

Shehu then stressed that:

"So no, Buhari didn’t remove the petrol subsidy – but in vitally important stages he removed every other budget-busting, egregious, economic-growth-crushing subsidy along the way."

See Shehu's statement in a tweet:

President Tinubu: Hakeem Odumosu debunks being appointed as EFCC Chairman

Legit.ng earlier reported that the alleged appointment by President Bola Tinubu of Kakeem Odumosu, a retired AIG, as substantial EFCC chairman has been debunked.

The former police commissioner in Lagos dismissed the information on Wednesday morning, adding that it must have emanated from mischief makers.

Jubril Gawat, a former aide to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, quoted Odumosu in a statement on Twitter.

Source: Legit.ng