Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has questioned the benefits of fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria by President Bola Tinubu.
Featuring in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Falana raised concerns, calling on Nigerians to demand accountability from the national, state and local governments over how increased revenues were being utilised.
He questioned why such funds could not be used to address infrastructure challenges.
According to him, state governments previously repaired roads and would later seek refunds from the Federal Government.
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The senior lawyer warned against returning to the “era of the fuel subsidy scam,” arguing that Nigerians deserved to know how the savings from the subsidy removal were being spent.
“Where are they? We must begin to ask questions of the local government, the state government and the Nigerian government.
“If you say we are making more money, we don’t want to go back to the era of the fuel subsidy scam. Where are the benefits? It’s a fallacy being told to wait and wait and wait. People are dying,” he said.
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