Nigeria spends N18.4b per day on petrol subsidy, says Finance Minister
Nigeria spends N18.397 billion per day on petrol subsidy payments, according to the Minister of Finance Minister, Budget and National Planning. Hajia Zainab Ahmed. The Minister told a House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee investigating petroleum subsidy regime on Thursday that the figure is calculated from N283 per litre of Petroleum Motor Spirits (PMS) on 65 million litres per day. Subsidy …