634bn Spent On Kerosene Subsidy In 2 Years

N634 billion has been paid by the Federal Government between 2010-2012 as subsidy for kerosene importation over a three year period, a sum which is about a third of the country’s capital budget.

Although the government pays subsidy every year, only retail outlets of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation sells at the subsidized rate of N50 per litre, signifying the now obvious corruption in the management of the Petroleum Subsidy Fund, PSF.

Economic analysts wonder why the product remains subsidized, since it is not being sold at regulated price, calling for appropriate measures to be taken, before its adverse effect on the economy becomes too much to absorb.
The Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Dakuku Peterside, disclosed this yesterday, at the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI Petroleum Downstream Group Seminar on Kerosene.