I am not the Face of Subsidy
Ngozi Okonjo Iweala tells BBC some people who do not want her to work for President Jonathan’s administration that are tagging her “Face of Subsidy Removal.”
Higlights
- We foresaw people will be upset about it, it is the history of Nigeria
- This is not bigger than the magnitude of what happened during Obasanjo Administration
- There are very specific programs being put in place to invest the fuel subsidy money in
- Do Nigerians really want to continue subsidizing corruption?
- We cannot say because government did not act in the past, we should remain in the past and allow this money to be hijacked.
- I am not the face of subsidy
#1 by Muhammed Taofeeq on January 10, 2012 - 21:43
We understand that it is unfair to keep subsidising fuel but mismanagement of gov’t revenue by political holder is what people are scared of