State governors, yesterday, backed President Bola Tinubu’s decision to end petrol subsidy, promising to work with him to ameliorate the short-term impact of the decision.
The governors, under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, expressed their strong support for the removal of the petrol subsidy at a meeting with the President at the State House.
The meeting, which was attended by Vice-President Kashim Shettima and new Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, George Akume, had 22 governors and two deputy governors from Edo and Niger States in attendance.
The governors, who took turns to speak, congratulated President Tinubu for tackling the controversial petrol subsidy.
The chairman of the NGF, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, thanked the President for the invitation to deliberate on the nation’s long-standing challenges such as poverty and underdevelopment.
He promised that the governors would support the federal government in meeting the targets of human development.
“The NGF will follow the tradition of working constitutionally and harmoniously with you,” AbdulRazaq said.
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