FG paying more for fuel subsidy than before, says El-Rufai
By Jeffrey Agbo
Former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday said the Federal Government now pays more for fuel subsidy than before.
El-Rufai stated this while speaking with reporters after delivering the lead paper at a capacity-building workshop on Enhancing Skills of Government Officials in Policy Implementation and Productive Human Resource Management for political appointees in Maiduguri, Borno State capital.
He said, “The Federal Government is now subsidising fuel; many people don’t know this.”
El-Rufai added, “…I have always supported the withdrawal of oil subsidy; but in the course of implementing the policy, the government realised that subsidy has to be back; right now, government is paying a lot of money for subsidy, even more than before.
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“You start implementing a policy because you are absolutely sure it is the right policy, but in the course of implementation, you come across bottlenecks, and you modify.
“The keyword in leadership, in my view, is pragmatism. You should be pragmatic. So when you make a policy, you start implementing it, and it doesn’t seem to work well. You should have the humility to stand back and say ‘This is not working,’ and you modify it.”
El-Rufai said those criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration were being hasty.
“It is too early to judge the present administration. It (Tinubu administration) has been there just for nine months now,” he said.
Stressing further, the ex-governor maintained, “Leadership is a continuous thing, and you cannot judge someone who has four years in just nine months.”
