How I Would Have Removed Fuel Subsidy — Peter Obi

One week after President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of subsidy payment on Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25, Peter Obi, broke his silence on the much-criticised move.

He said rather than go through a “forceful removal”, he would have provided “various relieving policies” to cushion the effect of subsidy removal.

Obi who gave a “tooth pain” removal analogy said that “If you approach a dentist to remove a painful tooth, he will apply a local anesthetic to numb the area around the tooth so you do not feel pain.

Obi’s stance followed the position of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the last election, Atiku Abubakar who also faulted the manner in which fuel subsidy was removed by Tinubu, a former Lagos State governor.