More pain for Nigeria as petrol subsidy consumes N608bn

Nigeria’s insistence to keep petrol prices artificially low is threatening to exacerbate its already precarious economic situation, as the expensive practice consumed N608.8 billion in the first six months of 2021. Soaring prices of petrol have put Nigeria in a rattrap situation. The Federal Government is struggling to sustain subsidy payments as crude oil prices

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