\u00a0<\/p>\n President Muhammadu Buhari did not order the withdrawal of the petrol subsidy, according to Senate President Ahmad Lawan.<\/p>\n Lawan told reporters following a meeting with Buhari on Tuesday at the Aso Rock villa that many citizens are concerned about the federal government\u2019s proposal to remove subsidies.<\/p>\n \u201cWell, it will be of interest to Nigerians to hear what I\u2019ve come to discuss with Mr. President, among several other things,\u201d the senate president said.<\/p>\n Also Read:\u00a0Petrol Subsidy Removal: Protests To Hold In All States In Jan 2022, Says NLC<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cMany of us are very concerned with the recent agitations, protests, and many citizens were so concerned, our constituents across the country are very concerned that the federal government will remove the petroleum subsidy. And for us, as parliamentarians, as legislators representing the people of Nigeria, this must be of interest to us.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have just finished our recess, we have gone home to our constituencies and senatorial districts. And we felt the pulse of our people.<\/p>\n \u201cI found it necessary to visit Mr. President, as the leader of our government and our leader in the country, to discuss this particular issue of concern to Nigerians, and I\u2019m happy to inform Nigerians that Mr President never told anyone that the petroleum subsidy should be removed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 Lawan President Muhammadu Buhari did not order the withdrawal of the petrol subsidy, according to Senate President Ahmad Lawan. Lawan told reporters following a meeting with Buhari on Tuesday at the Aso Rock villa that many citizens are concerned about the federal government\u2019s proposal to remove subsidies. \u201cWell, it will be of interest to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-917535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Lawan:](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/sars-has-been-disbanded-no-need-to-continue-the-protest-senate-president-lawan-600x348.jpg\")
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