ATIKU MUST EXPLAIN THE LEGAL AND FISCAL BASIS OF HIS PETROL SUBSIDY PROPOSAL. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 APC PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ATIKU MUST EXPLAIN THE LEGAL AND FISCAL BASIS OF HIS PETROL SUBSIDY PROPOSAL At his press conference in Abuja on Friday, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar reiterated his proposed  “production subsidy” for locally refined petrol, which he said would reduce pump prices. He went further to ask President Bola Tinubu to slash the cost of diesel and petrol at the pump. That proposal raises important legal, fiscal and practical questions that he must answer. Section 205(1) of the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 provides that unrestricted free-market conditions shall determine wholesale and retail prices of petroleum products. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, in a statement on Saturday, explained that it neither fixes pump prices nor issues administrative price templates, except where the statutory conditions for intervention are met. The PIA provisions guide its function.  At the moment, “No such market fail...

MINISTER OF STATE FOR WORKS DONATES DRUGS TO FIGHT CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN GORONYO LGA, SOKOTO STATE. (PHOTO).


 Minister of State for Works Donates Drugs to Fight Cholera Outbreak in Goronyo LGA, Sokoto State


In response to the cholera outbreak in Sokoto state, the minister of state for works,  Bello Muhammad Goronyo, has donated assorted drugs worth millions of naira to combat the public health crisis in  Goronyo local government area. 


The drugs are to be distributed to 11 wards in the area for the treatment of victims of the recent cholera outbreak.


The donation is part of the minister’s ongoing commitment to supporting public health initiatives in sokoto state, and it aimes at assisting those affected by the disease outbreak.


Chief medical director of Amanawa infectious diseases hospital, Dr Garba Muhammad, presented the drugs on behalf of the minister.


He says the gesture is an emergency response to the cholera outbreaks recorded in some communities of the local government area.


 He adds the donation is to complement efforts of the sokoto state government in containing the outbreak.


Chairman goronyo local government area, represented by the deputy director of health, Yakubu Miwake, explained that the drugs would be distributed across the wards to support treatment and curb further spread of the disease.


He commended the minister for his quick intervention, stating that the drugs will go a long way in supporting the effected communities.

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