Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has thrown his weight behind President Bola Tinubu's decision to end fuel subsidy as part of his move to revive the economy.

According to him, he had long been speaking against the payment of fuel subsidy by government, stressing that it was time to end the practice.

Otti made this known when he received a former governor of Abia, Senator Orji Kalu.

‎He said, “When you talk about supporting President Tinubu, the President and I are very good friends and our friendship predates party politics and current positions; we agree on so many issues, and as it is natural, we know where we disagree. But, when you talk about the economy, what Mr. The president doing has always been my position for a long time.

“I urge people to go back and read my columns at the back of Thisday Newspaper, some years back, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, where I said that it was time to remove fuel subsidy when off-takers were rejecting crude shipped to them, saying that they have no need for it.

‎“So, it requires somebody with courage to remove that subsidy, and I am in support of it. We have behaved in an irresponsible manner for a very long time. And, when you have years of irresponsible behaviour, the correction would be tough, difficult, and painful. It is the correction that we are going through now; if we don’t lose faith, we will eventually get it right.

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