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    Ifetayo AdeniyiBy Ifetayo AdeniyiJune 2, 20235 Mins Read
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    Subsidy: Tinubu to get one refinery working before December – Kyari

    Kyari said Tinubu is working on some palliative measures to cushion the biting effect of high fuel prices on Nigerians.

     

    The Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has disclosed that the President Bola Tinubu administration has a plan in place to get one of the four national refineries up and running before the end of the year.

     

    KKyari made this known during his visit to the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja on Thursday, June 1, 2023, where he met with the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu.

     

    The NNPCL GMD arrived at the premises at about 12.30 pm amid a warm welcome by Adamu and members of the National Working Committee.

     

    While addressing newsmen after the meeting, Kyari explained that President Tinubu was working out some palliative measures to ease the pains of Nigerians caused by the effect of the high fuel price resulting from the subsidy removal.

     

    Kyari also gave an assurance that the process to rehabilitate one of the national refineries in order to get it up to the optimal level of operation is fully on course and would be concluded before the year runs out.

     

    He said, “I’m aware that Mr president has directed some engagements and some palliatives will be put in place. I am very sure this will happen. There is an ongoing process of rehabilitation. One of them will come this year, the second one will come on stream next year and then the third will follow thereafter.

     

    “Of course, it is very obvious that we can no longer afford subsidy. Subsidy bills have piled up. The country is not able to settle NNPCL for the money we are spending on subsidy. Therefore pricing this petroleum at the market price is the right thing to do at this point in time and I believe it would benefit the country in the long term.”

     

    Kyari backs Tinubu on subsidy removal

    It’d be recalled that the President had said, during his inaugural speech on May 29, that the budget he inherited from the previous administration of Muhammadu Buhari had no provision for subsidy payment and thus “subsidy is gone.”

     

    He reiterated that the Federal Government can no longer afford to continue to fund subsidies given the meagre resources at its disposal.

     

    The Presidential announcement didn’t only trigger a nationwide outrage following the sudden increase in transport fares but also caused long queues at filling stations across the country as Nigerians engage in a panic buying spree.

     

    The ripple effect continued as many fuel stations shut down their facilities and refused to dispense fuel to motorists, which further worsen the situation at outlets that were opened to customers.

     

    Despite the untold hardship on Nigerians, Kyari insisted that it’s no longer sustainable to retain the subsidy regime, adding that over 38% of the total fuel distributed in this country is consumed by just four states namely Lagos, Abuja, Kano, and Rivers.

     

    The NNPCL GMD said, “There was subsidy in 2022 but in 2023, not a single naira was provided for the purpose. And ultimately while we held back our fiscal obligations, we still have a net balance of over N2.8trn that the federation should have given back to the NNPC. For any company, when you have negative N2.8 trn, there is no company in the whole of Africa that will lend to you. You cannot have receivables. The provision of subsidy is there but absolutely there is no funding for it. It means it is only on paper. It doesn’t exist.

     

    “We can no longer bear it. If we continue, we will run into defaults and the defaults of NNPC is the default of Nigeria. Once NNPC goes into defaults and liquidity, it affects every borrowing done by the country. Even the subnational. Your lenders will come back to you and say your country can no longer pay. The only way you can stop this is to stop this conversation around subsidy. It is why Mr President announced that the subsidy is gone. In 24 hours, the bond market appreciated. It is nothing else other than the statement around subsidy and balancing of the apex market. These two elements are major concerns that every investor all over the world, and every partner that we have is worried about.

     

    “Before today, the average subsidy level was N400bn every month. There is nothing anybody can do about it. There is this common argument that the masses will suffer. I agree that once you increase prices of this proportion, as it has happened, it will have an impact on inflation. There is no doubt about it. The market determines what happens next. Even inflation in very many countries goes up when you have the economic indices become difficult.

     

    “Mr president’s target is to have seven per cent growth of GDP. You cannot have it if you have this disruption in your demands and consumption pattern. Very many of us here have at least two cars in our houses including myself. When you buy fuel of 100 litres in an SUV, you are literally subsidising three litres with 100 naira for all of us.

     

    “Even the consumption itself is clearly skewed in locations and states where the level of economic activities are higher than the others. It is very understandable and that is why people can afford it in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Kano. So over 38 per cent of the total fuel distributed in this country ends up in these places. All the other parts of the country suffer for it and you can see the relativity. Imagine the per capita basis?”

     

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