Fuel Subsidy Removal Shifted the Burden to Citizens—What Has Really Changed?

The government may have stopped paying fuel subsidy directly, but the burden appears to have been transferred to ordinary Nigerians through higher petrol and transportation costs. We were told that subsidy was draining the country, yet government borrowing has continued to rise. This raises an important question: what has truly changed for the economy and for citizens? There are efforts to reduce transport costs for civil servants, but private-sector workers also face the same hardship. Many earn below the minimum wage and must still cope with rising fuel prices. Should the government restore some form of subsidy, or introduce stronger measures to prevent petrol prices from becoming unaffordable?

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