IN its first formal response to the subsidy controversy, the House of Representatives yesterday rejected the plan of the government to remove fuel subsidy by January next year, describing the plan as premature.
Separately, lawmakers have spoken in the past against the proposal, which is a crucial part of the Jonathan administration's economic blueprint next year.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article