The senator representing Kwara South in the National Assembly, Ashiru Oyelola Yisa has said that former President Muhammadu Buhari removed fuel Subsidy and not President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Speaking to journalists at the National Assembly, Yisa said Tinubu did not remove the subsidy on fuel rather he was saying that former President Muhammadu Buhari already removed the subsidy on petroleum.
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According to him, “Tinubu has just been honest with pending subsidy removal.
“However, the reality of it is that the Federal government cannot sustain subsidy in petroleum in our economy.
“We are paying far less than what other countries are paying for a litre of petrol.
“The beauty of it is that the money we are spending to subsidize the product is much more than we are spending on infrastructure.
“We have to task ourselves and live the life we want to live and pay for it, ” Yisa added.
On the Public Procurement Act, which his committee was holding a public hearing, Yisa said: “We are working on public procurement because it is an important process in government expenditures, it is an important process in delivery of goods by government and it is very important too if we are very serious about checking corruption.
“It is important too if we are thinking of achieving government goals. That is why we have to continuously tinker with the procurement Bill.
“We are trying to make it all inclusive, more functional and more productive to all Nigerians.
“The new government has to continuously regig our process to make procurement more vibrant, more meaningful and safer.
“We are talking to consultants, captains of industry and professionals that are working on how to operate the Procurement Act. We need to take them along.”
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