President Bola Tinubu has reiterated that he has no regrets about removing the fuel subsidy, saying that the decision was necessary to secure Nigeria’s financial future.
Tinubu said this on Monday night during a live presidential media chat broadcast nationwide, stating that the subsidy was draining the country’s resources and jeopardizing future investments.
He said, “We are spending our future. We are spending our generation’s fortunes. We are not investing. We are just deceiving ourselves.
“Why should you have expenditures when you don’t have revenues?
“I don’t have any regret in removing the fuel subsidy. We cannot spend our generation investment.
”We have no choice. Otherwise, we are headed for the slippery slope… financial disaster, not just for us but our children.
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The President also addressed the recent palliative stampedes in parts of the country that resulted in the loss of lives.
He attributed the tragedies to poor organization.
“It is very sad that people are not well organised. We just have to be disciplined. My condolences to those who lost their family members,” he said.
Meanwhile, the president also justified his move to borrow over N13 trillion to fund the proposed 2025 budget before the national assembly, saying borrowing is not a crime.
According to him, there are a lot of infrastructure deficit across the country, hence, the loans would be mainly expanded to capital projects.