LEGIT NG
Former Kaduna Senator Shehu Sani has expressed concern as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government announced plans to remove electricity subsidies for effective utilisation of energy in the country.
The former lawmaker wondered what would become of the citizenry following the government’s announcement, as he noted that “with electricity subsidy, there is no light.”
Sani made this assertion in a post shared on his X page on Friday, February 16, 2024, and Nigerians have reacted differently.
Recall that the federal government on Wednesday, February 14, declared that it was now “very difficult to sustain subsidy on electricity”.
The minister of power, Adebayo Adelabu, told journalists in Abuja that the country’s power debt had risen and Nigeria must begin to move towards a cost-effective tariff model, The Punch reported.
This comes at a time when Nigerians across the country have been experiencing blackouts following the collapse of the power grid in 2023, compounded by the high cost of premium motor spirit, popularly known as fuel.
Amid the current economic challenges bedevilling Nigeria, the former lawmaker and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) tweeted:
“With electricity subsidy, there is no light…what will happen when the subsidy is removed?
