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Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, on Tuesday maintained that fuel subsidy is a major source of corruption in the country.

Aliyu added that funds believed to be coming from SURE-P are actually from the federation .

The governor said this in Minna at the inauguration of a three-star hotel constructed tly by the Niger State Development Company Limited and the State SURE-P.

He believed that a total removal of subsidy from petroleum products by the Federal Government remains the best solution to stop the endemic corruption in the system.

Aliyu said, “I have been vindicated. When some years back I took a principled position as one of the few governors who said ‘remove fuel subsidy’. It is a cartel for corruption.

“Many people did not understand that time, some publicists didn’t agree with me. They said ‘don’t remove it, it is the common man that will suffer’, but I said ‘which common man, when already the time you are talking about subsidy, the common man goes to buy it triple the price, that you call subsidy’.

“Earlier, we deceived ourselves that there was SURE-P money, but it was the money from our federation that they were giving to us as SURE-P fund. But we are happy, at least they have set that aside. For me, you will when I said ‘remove fuel subsidy’, they burnt my town. People were imported from outside to burn Minna.

“There is no government out there, you are the government. Anything that is done, is for your welfare, own it, take it and don’t allow somebody to come and reduce you and make you a pauper and then he will go back to his village and start sinking things. Own what is yours. Government is not all about the officials alone.

“Therefore, I ask, subsidy for whom? In the whole of Niger State at that time, even the government’s fuel station were not selling at the subsidised rate. Yes, they were selling lower than the commercial filling stations, but they are also above the subsidised rate.

“Why were we having the problems? It is because those who have been enjoying the subsidy have seen the sign that it may be removed and they are afraid. Subsidy is a cartel for corruption.

“People must know how their resources are being expended. I kept crying that we could not rely on the oil revenue. Now, the truth has come in our own time. I thought we will leave the scene before the crash, but the crash has come.

“The removal of fuel subsidy will also ensure the activities of ‘mafias’ in the oil business are stopped while also guaranteeing regular supply of the product in all parts of the country.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/fuel-subsidy-breeds-corruption-remove-it-aliyu/

The truth is gradually coming out

Mods front page. Many have said it's fraud, the money wasnt used for what it was stipulated for

Bbarcanista , This was one of your arguments , come and defend PDP o


Theres nothing like sure P or even subsidy


The breeze of change is finally blowing the truth out ,

Soon, Very soon, we will hear how Professor Jolepon got his Degree

And u think u people will go unpurnished abi? Lets wait and see.

....so okonjo-iweala has been right all along......

#remove the fuel subsidy....


But PDP's opposition criticised the move...

This country has gone to the dogs

What was he waiting for before saying this

PDP and all what it represents is a scam

PDP = People Deceiving People

We all aware of that, SURE-P was created to channel our money to set of people and running PDP party.
Prove! How many common man benefited frm it?
Where are the sure-p buses today?
Now that the game is over, they re telling us the truths.
More truths unfolding

Hiohiohiohio hehehehehehehe.....In OBJ's Voice....I jus dey laff. Its only a matter of days, heck hours and the new Sheriff will arrive the scene . Some PDP folks would actually be envying Buruji Kashamu. Heads gonna roooooolllllllllll. @ Babangida, only d foolish an gullible ones who don't ask questions were deceived. I NEVER believed anything in Jona's govt. Its all a BIG scam. I'm sure I have spoken for many enlightened Nigerians.

One thing Buharis govt should do is to unearth the many economic evils and lies told the masses by Jonathans istration.

If Buhari can follow the unearthings by prosecution, he would have carved his name in gold.


What a country with deeply institutionalised corruption.

lekkie073:
....so okonjo-iweala has been right all along......

#remove the fuel subsidy....


But PDP's opposition criticised the move...

Don't be deceived, subsidy is a scam setup by the government

Where are those mofos telling us we should continue with PDP
GEJ definitely is the one that lacks the
will to move this nation ahead from what it uses
to be even with his so called Ph.D.

GEJ came up with heavy blow on the
masses on the very first day of the year in 2012
with a sh i t load of failed promises and want to
force this scam of subsidy on us yet it was during his own tenure that the subsidy payment skyrocketed.

Wait oo, so if Buhari didn't maintain his stand against this scam that is how we would have continue this scam but the main issue now is all APC governors also knew about this SURE-P scam and kept quiet.

MugabeRobert:
PDP = People Deceiving People

Heard they want to change it to PSP in the reorganisation.


People Scamming People

Babangida stop talking nonsense wen are the people dat share the money....as u know say jail dey wait for u...u don dey form good face.

The days ahead is going to be interesting. We are watching with keen interest. We need names...

Lousy governors usually have a problem with the Presidency...

Now that he lost his election, he is singing like a canary.

Really
I have said it before and I will say it again, Nigerians will know the real truth after May 29. Fingers crossed till then

hehe!

After choring the money.

Hehe!

Thunder wey go fire all of you bunch of decievers and betrayers is still gathering momentum from Mars!

Hehehe

continue

I smell sumone is abaot to decamp

D

PDP spin doctors where are thou?

Ogidi
Barcanista
Pa Chukwudi
Severe-Anus

Food don done

*Playing O_set by Psquare*

Lies everywia

God is watching all of u

We have long known the scam called SURE P?

Ha