Finance Minister Wale Edun has disclosed that Nigeria’s Federal Government incurs a substantial $600 million monthly expense on fuel imports.
This was made known in a recent interview with AIT where Wale Edun elaborated on the rationale behind President Tinubu’s move to eliminate fuel subsidies. Edun highlighted the lack of accurate domestic fuel consumption data and the substantial $600 million monthly expenditure on fuel imports as key factors driving the decision.
“The fuel subsidy was removed May 29, 2023, by Mr President, and at that time, the poorest of 40 per cent was only getting four per cent of the value, and basically, they were not benefitting at all. So it was going to just a few.
“Another point that I think is important is that nobody knows the consumption in Nigeria of petroleum. We know we spend $600m to import fuel every month but the issue here is that all the neighbouring countries are benefitting.
“So we are buying not for just for Nigeria, we are buying for countries to the east, almost as far as Central Africa. We are buying. We are buying for countries to the North and we are buying for countries to the West. And so we have to ask ourselves as Nigerians, how long do we want to do that for and that is the key issue regarding the issue of petroleum pricing,” he said.
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