It was revelations galore at a public gathering in Lagos on Monday as Nigerians were told that all the 36 State Governors, without exception, pushed President Goodluck Jonathan to remove fuel subsidy.
The disclosure was made by non other than the Governor of Niger State and Chairman of Northern Governors Forum, Mua’zu Aliyu Babangida, while delivering a lecture on ‘Governance, Social Conflict and the imperatives of Communal Harmony’.
“When the issue of fuel subsidy came up, all of us, I mean all the governors with no exception, literarily ‘pushed’ the President to remove the subsidy on fuel. This is because before the monthly allocation is given, lots of deductions had taken place and little is left for the states and local governments.”
He however said the Governors had to stop the pressure when some politicians started committing treason in the name of “Occupy Nigeria”.
The outspoken Governor further decried the current situation whereby some States earned more allocations than the others, saying such development had placed some States in “paradise” while others are in “purgatory”.
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