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‘Life is better in Egypt’ – Rufai knocks Tinubu over fuel subsidy comment
Arise News anchor Rufai Oseni has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s position on fuel subsidy, questioning the country’s progress in infrastructure and electricity supply.
Speaking during Arise Television’s Morning Show, Oseni pointed to Egypt’s steady electricity supply and good roads while reacting to Tinubu’s latest remarks ruling out a return to petrol subsidy.
The comments followed Tinubu’s address at an event organised by the City Boys Movement in Abuja on Monday, where the President dismissed promises by opposition presidential candidates to restore fuel subsidy if elected.
Tinubu maintained that Nigeria would not return to the subsidy regime, despite calls from some political opponents to reverse the policy.
Reacting, Rufai said, “Does President Tinubu know that all the human development indices in Egypt is better than that of Nigeria?
“Somebody should tell him that the Egyptian citizen has 100% access to power. Egypt has produced over 63,000 megawatts of electricity. Education is well better. 2.5 percent of Gross Domestic Products, GDP.
“Nigeria’s own is about 0.5 percent. There is no habitable life expectancy. There is no parametre you compare Egypt to Nigeria.
“So in terms of going back to Egypt, is it not better for somebody to be in a country where electricity works?”
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