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Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Nigeria approved a $2 billion fuel subsidy package, including payments to oil marketers for accrued arrears from the two fiscal years, 2014 and 2015. Approval of the fuel subsidy package follows a directive from Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari for the payment to end the country’s fuel scarcity.
However it was also revealed that the government will be removing fuel subsidies in 2016, following increased pressure on revenue and the expenditure profile. This is not the first time Nigeria has planned to remove subsidies, but later bowed to pressure from its citizens.
The downward spiral in crude prices resulted in a N1.45 trillion shortfall in the value of the projected oil revenues, making the need to lessen the strain subsidies puts on the government’s budget; whether they will actually be removed is another matter altogether.
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