A pro-democracy and anti-sabotage group, the Natives in Nigeria, has declared support for the removal of fuel subsidy as announced by President Bola Tinubu, saying no nation can sustain the expense of N400 billion naira monthly on a few people.
The Natives also asked the President to crack down on people they described as “saboteurs” in the oil and gas industry, especially those hoarding the Petroleum Motor Spirit instead of selling to citizens.
In a press briefing in Abuja, the supreme leader of The Natives, who also doubles as the Executive Secretary of the Petroleum and Energy Related Matters, Civil Society of Nigeria, Mr Smart Edwards, advised the Tinubu administration to reinvest the money previously used for subsidy in the areas of job creation, digital economy, healthcare, infrastructure, education, and agriculture, amongst others.
According to Mr. Edwards, just a few people were benefiting from the 400 billion naira meant for subsidy, therefore it was not sustainable.
