Fuel subsidy to gulp N5.4tn in 2024, took N3.6tr in 2023, FG finally admits

Despite constant denials that it was no longer subsidizing fuel, the Nigerian government has finally admitted that fuel subsidy will gulp N5trillion in 2024.

This figure is a sharp increase from the N3.6 trillion spent in 2023 and N2.0 trillion in 2022.

Wale Edun, Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, made this known in a recent presentation of the Accelerated Stabilisation and Advancement Plan, ASAP report.