The plan of the Federal Govt to remove fuel subsidy without any clear plan to provide cushion for the people may inevitably result to our own 'Arab Spring'. As it seems, there is no logical way to justify this looming cannibalization of our meager income. It has been argued back and forth that Nigerian doesn’t earn wages commensurate to that of the developed nation; hence there will be no justification to pay the same for fuel as a nation where living standards and social infrastructures are adequate and reasonable. I will like to join the bandwagon of those calling for the genuine resuscitation of our moribund refineries and the setting up of new ones going by the fact that the youngest of our refineries was built in the early eighties. Multinationals and their cohorts will not have it their way forever because the people are getting to know they are on their own day by day. This time to get our leader to listen to us is now!
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