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Fuel Subsidy: Understanding the Real Enemy

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A lot of people are unaware of the politics behind fuel subsidies and the threats they pose to Nigeria's growth and development.


The government's goal in subsidizing gasoline was merely to make the product more accessible to Nigerians and to simplify their lives. The Nigerian government will subsidise the product and set the price at N185, bringing the total subsidy per liter to N405, despite the fact that the global average price of gasoline can reach as high as N590.



In Nigeria, daily liter consumption is 60 million liters on average. However, product promoters consume upwards of 100 million liters per day.


This implies the Nigerian Government is supposed to pay as much as N405 × 100,000,000 (liters) as appropriation each day to the marketers of the item to save costs at N185 for example. This brings the totals to approximately N1.2 trillion per month and N40.5 billion per day. Please be aware that this amount may fluctuate in response to changes in international gasoline prices.


In this way, simply attempt to really make sense of it and understand what Nigeria spend on fuel subsidy alone in a year - clearly billions of dollars.


The irony of the entire arrangement is as follows: Petrol marketers (significant petroleum sellers with tank ranches) for the most part redirect huge amount of the subsidized petroleum to adjoining nations to exchange at the global market cost. As a result, they earn the same amount as the Nigerian government spends on subsidized gasoline in neighboring nations.



2. Because of this, there isn't much of the product left over because Nigerians don't use it all up on a daily basis. This suggests that gas stations will sell fuel at prices somewhat higher than the fixed price of N185 (some sell N190, N205, N225, N250, and so on depending on the region). In addition, Nigerians continue to purchase subsidized gasoline at prices as high as N400, N500, and even N800 while sleeping in filling stations during peak periods of scarcity, which are also orchestrated by marketers. Once more, marketers make twofold.


3. Marketers additionally import over the everyday utilization of 60 million liters as seen above despite everything force the central government to pay subsidy on the abundances, which are generally essential for what they carry to adjoining nations. Nigeria is duped once more by marketers.


4. The Nigerian government's good intention to make petrol more affordable for Nigerians is ruined by this entire scenario.


5. The arbitrarily rising cost of living is caused by the product's limited supply and high price, despite subsidies. Transportation for example, goes up madly.


Actions and Reactions to the Subsidy Policy As a result of the clear abuse of the policy, successive federal governments have always attempted to repeal the policy so that the price of gasoline can be determined by market forces.


In addition, the enormous sums that are paid into the pockets of marketers can be put toward other worthwhile endeavors like the improvement of infrastructure, agriculture, social security, technology, health care, and so on.


However, when it is decided to end the subsidy, the marketers are quick to close their gas stations and deny Nigerians access to the fuel they already have like we're already seeing now. Since the subsidy has been paid until the end of June, marketers have either stopped selling or arbitrarily increased their pump prises above the approved rate, resulting in an immediate scarcity regime and hardship. Marketers are the REAL WICKED MONSTROUS CABALS. On the one hand, they make more money, but on the other, they force and inspire Nigerians to rebel against the federal government by creating hardship.


Then, uninformed Nigerians go on strike, attack the government, and force the government to maintain the subsidy program. We pay something else for our obliviousness at the long run.


The MARKETERS


are content; They are still Africa's top billionaires. They are celebrated, admired, and loved by everyone. The federal government, on the other hand, counts her losses, accepts the insult, perpetuates the negative image, and pities ignorant and suffering Nigerians like you and me.


Will you back Tinubu's efforts to break this barrier and give us freedom, or will you continue to be insistent and spread hatred?

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  1. Yusuf MohammedJune 1, 2023 at 2:29 PM

    Very good... What's the use of our refineries? The move to remove fuel subsidy should not be announced now until everything has been put in place to make the petroleum products available in abundance to Nigerians for like one to two months then the fuel subsidy will be removed even without any announcement. Because announcing good intentions and things like this gives our enemies as a nation the information on how to attack us. He shouldn't have announced it at all... If he's depending on the dangote refinery by announcing removal of fuel subsidy, the dangote refinery is an independent and private refinery which was built for profit making only. And he may even easily dance to the tunes of the enemies of Nigeria... So building and or repairing our refineries is the only way out if all these nonsense and this can only be achieved if we are not practicing democracy or if a President can rule like Russian federation...

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