Haruna Gololo, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain
in Bauchi state, says President Bola Tinubu should create jobs instead of
giving out cash to citizens to cushion the impacts of the removal of the petrol
subsidy.
The president had asked the national assembly to approve a
$800 million loan to ameliorate the hardship induced by the removal of subsidy
on petrol.
Tinubu said 12 million households would receive N8,000
monthly from the loan that is being sourced from the World Bank.
Also, another N500 billion has been appropriated by the
national assembly in an amendment to the 2022 supplementary budget to mitigate
hardship as a result of the subsidy cuts.
In a statement on Friday, Gololo said Nigerians are still
questioning the manner in which COVID-19 relief packages were disbursed to
citizens.
The APC chieftain said Tinubu should not make the same
mistakes former President Muhammadu Buhari made.
“The money should be used to create jobs through the refurbishing
of the Nigerian refineries or put up other industries to help employ the youths
and school leavers,” he said.
“Yes! Palliative is a
good thing and I welcome it, at least, it would cushion the effects of fuel
subsidy removal but Tinubu should beware of the banana peel that is about to
consume one of Buhari’s ministers, the ministers of humanitarian affairs.
“Many Nigerians still call for her head over the diverted
coronavirus palliative funds. Many are still calling for the head of former
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo over the N5,000 promised to be given to the aged
men and women.
“What about the school feeding programme and so on.”
Gololo said the funds could be invested in infrastructure
like transportation that would ease the burden of transportation on Nigerians.
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