President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC) led by Vice President Kashim Shettima to device an approach and begin the process of working on interventions to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal on the Nigerians.
Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, stated this after leading some major oil marketers on a courtesy visit to the president at the State House.
Addressing correspondents after the meeting, Governor Abiodun who was a former chairman of the Oil Marketers Association,stated that the marketers expressed solidarity with the President for removing the N4 trillion subsidy burden, a move that can enhance the FAAC allocation to states, Channels News reports.
The group of marketers who visited the president on Wednesday, announced their intention to donate mass transport buses which sit between 50 and 100 passengers to help alleviate the pains of fuel subsidy removal on the masses.
This is expected to cost about a N100 million each and N10 billion cumulatively. This, they said they would do within 30 days.
The marketers expressed the hope that other corporate bodies would emulate their action.
