Fuel subsidy is organised crime – Peter Obi

The Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has once again labeled fuel subsidy as an organised crime.

Obi stated this while appearing on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ on Monday. voicing his stance on the controversial issue and outlined his approach to resolving the looming strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress.

The former governor of Anambra State said: “Fuel subsidy is organised crime. I said it repeatedly that it should be removed. For me, the approach would have been, is to remove the corruption and criminal side of it and remove the excess demand.

“By doing this, you would have reduced it by 50 per cent. The remaining 50 per cent is what we would have been able to, after consultation with various stakeholders in order to find a way in an organised manner, remove and show the proceed of the gains of the removal to be invested in critical development areas.”

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