As part of his effort to woo Nigerians to support the removal of fuel subsidy President Jonathan had met with leaders of civil societies organizations on Saturday 10th December 2011 in his effort to woo them on fuel subsidy. The meeting bordered on lifting fuel subsidy, the government rationale as well as cushion measures when the subsidy is withdrawn.
As reported by Sun Newspaper of the following day (Sunday, 11th December 2011) , 'He listed ways the proceeds from the subsidy removal would be put to use for the good of the masses. For a start, he said a seven-member trust fund akin to the defunct Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) established during the late Sani Abacha administration would be set up to administer the extra revenue accruable from the subsidy removal. He also told the civil society team that apart from constructing and rehabilitating some infrastructure, he would direct state governments to forward a list of 20,000 unemployed youths each for immediate engagement. He equally pledged to use the proceeds to tackle MATERNAL MORTALITY and the decay in the education sector.'
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