Big test for Jonathan as Nigerian government tries again to lift burden of subsidies


Issue 218 - 22 Oct 2011 | 5 minute read

The unions don’t like it and neither do many northern politicians. But publicly, at least, a majority in government and business are behind the president’s efforts to remove subsidies on petrol, writes Leonard Lawal in Lagos

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