Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, asserted that Nigeria is not using 60 million litres of fuel per day and that the alleged subsidy on petrol in Nigeria is actually the wealthy sustaining their lifestyles.
In an attack on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Sowore said that the Nigerian Customs Service had debunked claims that the continent’s most populous country consumed as much as 60 million litres of gasoline every day. He made this claim during a pre-recorded interview for Channels Television’s Roadmap 2023.
He claimed that because the system is riddled with corruption and fraud, the poor and defenceless masses are the ones who suffer from such a way of life.
“The Customs said openly that Nigeria is not consuming 60 million litres of fuel on a daily basis. So, where does the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) get it from?” he said.
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“With regards to subsidy, there is no subsidy in Nigeria. What is happening is the rich subsidising their lifestyles through corruption.
“The second aspect is to make the refineries at homework. We have four refineries that should be working. Even if those refineries don’t produce entirely anything we can consume, the only thing we can import is just a few litres to augment whatever is needed.
“That has been established that we are not importing as much as they are claiming. You say it is a bad idea for the government to be doing business but the government that hates business can invest $2.8 billion in a private refinery in Lagos that is coming on stream very soon.”
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