Medicine After Death: Jonathan Sets Up Committee To “Resolve” Fuel Subsidy Removal Issues With Stakeholders
A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Alfa Belgore will head a committee announced today by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to meet with organized labour and all other stakeholders with a view to resolving issues that may arise from the removal of the subsidy on petrol.
Mr. Jonathan also announced another committee, to be known as the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme Board. It will be headed by Nigeria’s former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr. Christopher Kolade, and will “oversee and ensure the effective and timely implementation of projects to be funded with the savings” the government will made from the removal of the subsidies. Major-General Mamman Kontagora (rtd.) will serve as Deputy Chairman of the Board.
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