Charly Boy also said subsidy removal is not about LP’s Peter Obi, but a fight against criminal elements ripping Nigeria off
By Kehinde Okeowo
Veteran Nigerian singer, activist and actor, Charles Oputa, better known as Charly Boy, has hailed the decision of new president, Bola Tinubu to remove fuel subsidy.
The newly elected President during his inauguration speech on May 29, got a lot of backlash after telling Nigerians that the era of fuel subsidy has gone.
Following the removal of the subsidy, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Wednesday, May 31, announced a new pump price for petrol.
The organisation in a statement said, Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) will now be sold between N488 to N555 per litre in different parts of the country.
“DEAR ALL. Following Management approval of the Upward review of NNPC PMS pump price as in below table for Mega/Standard/Leased Stations, Please find below schedules for the RMSs and Wayne to handle. Please implement meter change as approved effective today 31st May 2023. Wayne is to attend to all locations as relates to their area of coverage in our network,” the statement read.
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Reacting to the public outcry which greeted the development, Charly Boy, who is an ardent critic of President Tinubu, took to social media to back the removal, saying there is no better time than now.
In a now-viral post on his Twitter handle, the veteran singer said that the issue is not about his preferred presidential candidate, Peter Obi, but a fight against alleged criminal elements ripping Nigeria off.
He tweeted: “Listen and be informed. Okonjo Iweala bares it all on the subsidy removal. There can be no other time, and the time is NOW.
“My fellow Nigerians this fight is really not about Obi. It’s about the criminals who insist on stealing our national patrimony leaving us poor and hopeless”.