Garba Shehu, a former spokesperson for ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, says that the past administration declined to take the brave step of eliminating subsidies on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) because doing so would have jeopardised the chances of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) winning the 2023 general elections.
“Finally, we must be politically honest with ourselves. The Buhari administration, in its last days, could not have gone the whole way because the APC had an election to win.
“And that would have been the case with any political party that was seeking election for another term with a new principal at its head.
“Poll after poll showed that the party would have been thrown out of office if the decision as envisaged by the new Petroleum Industry Act was made.
“With the election now behind us, a capable leader as we now have in place is best positioned to move forward. We have nothing but confidence that the new administration will carry the nation and all its…