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Business crumbles as subsidy removal hits harder on the poor

Business crumbles as subsidy removal hits harder on the poor

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Politicians and the neo-liberal market fundamentalists engineered by the West have continued to celebrate and hail Mr. Bola Tinubu the Nigerian president for having the courage to remove fuel subsidy. They care less about how this policy is affecting the poor, destroying the economy, breeding poverty, and widening inequality. In this report, MAWA-Foundation visited markets, …

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Subsidy removal hits women farmers, threatens food security

Subsidy removal hits women farmers, threatens food security

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Women farmers are worst hit as a result of fuel subsidy removal by the Nigerian government under the supervision of Mr. Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian president. According to them, the action exposes women farmers to poverty and threatens food security. An official of the Small-scale Women Farmers Organization in Nigeria (SWOFON), who spoke to the …

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Fuel Subsidy energy security we can’t do without

Fuel Subsidy: energy security we can’t do without

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The Media Advocacy West Africa – MAWA Foundation rejects fuel subsidy removal because fuel subsidy is energy security that we cannot do without. Mr. Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian president on assumption of office on the 29th day of May 2023, announced a total removal of fuel subsidy; an action that has led to fuel selling …

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