El-Rufai, Sanusi, Soludo speak on fuel subsidy removal, fiscal sustainability

Prominent Nigerians and experts in public policy, economy and governance on Tuesday urged the government to take tough decisions in order to ensure fiscal sustainability and economic development in Nigeria.

The experts spoke in Abuja at a policy conversation and book launch organised by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Agora Policy, an Abuja-based think tank.

The event, themed “How Nigeria can build a post-oil economic future”, held against the backdrop of the global conversation about climate change and the transition from fossil fuel, Nigeria’s historic economic underperformance and current economic challenges, and the transition to a new administration.