Fuel Subsidy Is Organised Crime Says Peter Obi

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Peter Obi, Labour Party Presidential candidate

The Presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi says the Federal Government is behind oil theft in the country.

Obi, who is the guest speaker at the Private Sector Economic Forum of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), maintain that no one can steal oil except the government.

“Subsidy is organised crime,” he said while addressing the audience at the event on Monday in Lagos.

We need an aggressive production of local refining.

“Make resources available to ensure a private-sector led oil refining,” the former Anambra State governor advised the Federal Government.

The presidential candidate who made the remarks while answering questions from panellists at the event also reacted to a question on the issue of cost of governance.

“I have allergies to waste,” declared Obi who obviously took a swipe at the government again.

The former Anambra State Governor insisted that there was need for an overhaul of the security architecture in the country.

He proposed multi-level policing from the federal to the community security system.

Oil theft, debt burden, subsidy regime, foreign exchange, and other economic issues were core areas the forum expected each of the candidates to address ahead of the 2023 elections.

The LCCI, which has organised the event for the past 16 years, noted that it was interested in the economic agenda of each of the candidates aspiring to take over the leadership mantle at the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.

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