At a time when the Federal Government of Nigeria and its component states are just agreeing to pay the new minimum wage of N18,000, the planned removal of subsidy on petroleum products would no doubt throw another spanner in the works. This report would show that at best, the ritual of a massive industrial action would again be performed, while at the same time the real benefits of the subsidy may suffer undue discount in the face of an insincere approach to subsidy removal – for the umpteenth time.

Although by no means representative of the aggregate views of the membership of the national assembly, a few senators and members of the House of Representatives told Sunday Vanguard that the removal of subsidy at a time like this would only inflict more pains on Nigerians, mind you, without prejudice to the supposed benefits.

Government has over the years insisted that the subsidy it pays on petroleum products are too much for it to bear and that almost all the funds go into private pockets at the end of the day. Therefore, government’s position is that it would be better if it removes the subsidy so that the few fat cats reaping the country off would no longer do so. Below is a compilation of the way governments over the years have removed what it claimed to be subsidies on petroleum products.

Anywhere in the world, building roads, con structing culverts and bridges are perfunctory chores, but in Nigeria, the projects are a hard road to travel. In Kaduna, a dry, plain and savannah land, spreading laterite and asphalt is proving as difficult as rocket science.

IT was a triple celebration for the second in command to the paramount traditional ruler of Ondo Town, the Osemawe, the Lisa of Ondo town, High Chief Ilemobayo Akinnola, popularly called ‘Ojo gbogbo bi Odun’ which literarily means no dull moment.