Fuel discount is scam, FG has failed — Iroegbu blasts Tinubu govt

Reacting, the NDC stalwart said, “The fuel discount is a scam. This government has shown itself to be inept.

“It has continually described subsidy removal as a bold and necessary decision, while people who protested against it were detained.

“Now, days before the election, it has introduced a 30-day fuel discount. There is nothing wrong with subsidies; corruption needs to be tackled, and the returns can go towards funding subsidies. The government has utterly failed in these areas.

“By the way, NNPC is a private limited liability company. It is no longer owned by the government. Again, NNPC has come out to explain what the discount is about, saying it was actually part of the celebration of our 66th Independence Anniversary.

“NNPC announced that the pump price would be offered at a discounted rate. It was not the government.

“​This government is looking for a way to hoodwink and confuse Nigerians into believing that it has a plan, when it has shown over three years that it has no real plan.”