Governors have expressed support for the increase in fuel price, saying that the policy is in the interest of the masses.
The governors also said that
they are making efforts to access $4.25 billion earmarked by the World
Bank for states’ development.
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, who spoke after the governors met Wednesday
night in Abuja, said governors supported the removal of subsidy because
they believed that it was in the interest of the masses.
He said: “These are
sacrifices that must be made by all. The president means well, the
government means well, all of us mean well and if truly we are caring
for the masses we believe that subsidy only serve the rich and those
that are getting us the fuel,not the masses.
“We
believe that such monies that have been saved from the subsidy would be
used for infrastructural development particularly for social services
for all of the down- trodden masses.
“We are putting our weight
behind it, while urging the federal government and in deed the state
governments to see how we can ameliorate all the problems the masses
would probably go through in the short run because in the long run they
would be the better for it.”
Also speaking, the Chairman of
the Nigerian Governors’ Forum and Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz
Yari said the Country Director of world Bank, Rachid Benmessaoud had
educated the governors on how they could access $4.25 billion
earmarked by the World Bank for states’ development.
He said: “Because of the
cumbersome procedure in accessing these funds, most of the governors did
not even know they had such funds there. It was the initiative of the
Governor of Kaduna State that they should come and make this
presentation so that they can educate the governors to know that these
monies are there especially in the kind of situation we are so that the
states can move forward in terms of infrastructure development and other
matters in our respective states.”
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