The Senate panel wants fuel increased to N150 per litre

The Senate Committee on the subject of works has proposed an ensue in the pump price of petrol from N145 to N150. The committee made the recommendation in a checking account upon the National Roads Fund NRF (Est. Etc) Bill (SB.218) version that is currently to the front the habitat.

The NRF description is intended to quarters the shape of poor funding of roads in the country.


According to the chairman of the committee, Senator Kabiru Gaya , the fund along with highly thought of would "abet as a repository of revenues from road adherent connected charges and auxiliary sources for financing, which shall be managed and administered for routine and periodic child support works upon roads in the country". Part of recommendations the committee put concentrate on is a fuel levy of N5 chargeable per litre upon any volume of petrol and diesel products imported into the country and locally refined Petroleum products.

The committee plus recommended toll fees; a percentage not beyond 10 percent, of any revenue paid as fan skirmish per vehicle upon any Federal road designated as toll road. It subsidiary recommended international vehicle transit charges, inter-establish buildup transit fan encounter of 0.5 percent deductible from the fare paid by passengers to trailer enlarge on transit operators and axle load inform charges.

Out of the 15 members of the committee, the senators who acclaimed the credit are Senators Gaya, Clifford Ordia, Barnabas Gemade, Mao Ohuabunwa , Bukar Abba Ibrahim, Ben Bruce, Gilbert Nnaji, Abubakar Kyari, Ibrahim Danbaba, Mustapha Bukar, Sani Mustapha and Buruji Kashamu. Senators Olusola Adeyeye, Biodun Olujimi and Ahmad Ogembe who were members of the committee refused to authorize it. The excuse has been distributed to senators and would be happening for deliberation soon.