Professor Tunji Ogunyemi of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, in Ile-Ife, has explained how 15 states in the northern part of Nigeria will collapse if petroleum subsidy is returned as some politicians have been advocating.
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He added the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate’s position on subsidy was, “with due respect”, politics and playing to the gallery.
The don, a prominent economic historian, lawyer, public affairs analyst, further noted that only four states can survive without federal allocation.
Professor Ogunyemi made the points in a podcast – Open Forum 360, by Dare Adekanmbi.
