Ahmed: No Going Back on Phased Petrol Subsidy Removal in 2023 World Bank: Nigeria has to stop bleeding now Insists phasing out subsidy will enhance fiscal balance FG to disburse last tranche of World Bank-assisted grants to states Ndubuisi Francis, James Emejo in Abuja and Nume Ekeghe in Lagos Minister of Finance, Budget and
National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, yesterday, insisted that the federal government would commence a phased removal of
petrol subsidy from June next year. Ahmed said provision for the removal of the subsidy had already been made in the 2023-2025
Medium-Term Plan. Speaking at a media briefing at the close of the 28th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#28), themed,
“2023 and Beyond: Priorities for Shared Prosperity,” Ahmed described fuel subsidy as a double jeopardy for the Nigerian economy, which
must be removed. The minister’s comments folContinued on page 39
Higher Energy Cost, Disruption in Food Supply Chain Push Inflation to 21.09%... Page 8 Wednesday 16 November, 2022 Vol 27. No 10081. Price: N250
www.thisdaylive.com TR
UT H
& RE A S O
N
Obi to Soludo: As Professor I Pray You Perform Better Than I Did as Governor... Page 40
Tinubu’s Prayer, ‘God Bless PD…’ Prophetic, Says Opposition Party Insists APC candidate ineligible to contest presidential poll Atiku: my restructuring agenda is to make govt more efficient Chuks Okocha in Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, declared that the prayer, which slipped out of
the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, at yesterday’s campaign flag-off in Jos, “God Bless PD…”, confirmed his innermost conviction
that PDP represented the hope and aspiration of majority of Nigerians for a secure and prosperous future under a united country PDP, in a statement by its
National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, said the fact that Tinubu said the prayer during his “flopped presidential campaign flag-off” was a pointer that it was
not a slip of tongue but a divine proclamation that the hope for Nigeria, which he harped on, could only come from PDP. PDP reiterated its stand that
Tinubu was ineligible to stand for the 2023 election, saying it is instructive to note that the Continued on page 39
100 Days to Presidential Poll, Tinubu Says 'God Bless PD...APC' Says February election battle to define nation’s soul Nigeria needs a man like our candidate, Buhari declares Osinbajo, Mustapha, Fashola absent Our allegiance is to Nigeria, INEC chairman insists Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja, Segun James in Lagos and Seriki Adinoyi in Jos One hundred days to the February 25, 2023 presidential election, the candidate of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, yesterday, officially began
his campaign at the Jos Township Stadium, in Plateau State, where he described next year’s election as a fight to define the soul of the nation. Tinubu declined to succumb to pressure to dwell on what he Continued on page 10
Kyari: Why Nigeria, Others Must Adopt PASSING THE FLAG... APC Presidential Candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, receiving the party’s flag from President Muhammadu Buhari, during the Flexible Energy Transition Plan... presidential campaign flag-off in Jos, Plateau State…yesterday Page 6