By Austin Ogwuda
Asaba—A former
Chairman of Academic
Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, Prof.
Patrick Muoboghare, has
supported the removal of
the fuel subsidy and
called on the Presidency
not to succumb to any
form of intimidation to
reverse the policy.
Describing the removal as
justifiable, Muoboghare
warned that any attempt
to frustrate President
Goodluck Jonathan from
office through political
maneuvering would be
resisted.
Fielding questions with
newsmen in Asaba,
Muoboghare, a former
Chairman of ASUU at
Delta State University,
DELSU, Abraka, said: “It
was long ago as an
individual that I said
subsidy was a huge fraud.
I repeat, subsidy is fraud
and I advise my dear
President not to go back.
Subsidy is gone.
“We started with
equalization of prices of
petroleum products to
refined petrol in Warri,
Ekpan. People in Warri
where it was refined
would buy at N65 per
litre, then it takes two
days of continuous
driving of the tanker to
transport it to Maiduguri
and the people in
Maiduguri will also buy it
at N65 per litre. What
kind of mad economy is
that?”