FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL AND THE LIVES OF RURAL DWELLERS IN NIGERIA
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2018-04
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RAJI, ABDULLATEEF
MOHAMMED, ABUBAKAR YINUSA
SULAIMAN, LANRE ABDUL-RASHEED
ADESHINA, IBRAHIM OLAWALE
ABDULBAQI, SOLIHU, ZAKARIYAHU
JOSEPH, A. OLUYEMI
RAJI, ABDULWASIU ADEYEMI
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International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Reviews. Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Madonna University, Okija
Abstract
The oil industry in Nigeria is very important to the nation as it contributes significantly to the country’s
economic fortunes. Fuel as known is used by virtually every human for one purpose or another. Fuel subsidy
removal therefore has direct effects on every individual in various ways. However, the interest of this study
is to examine the extent to which fuel subsidy removal affects the lives of rural dwellers in Nigeria. Secondary
sources of data such as newspapers, journals, online materials among others were adopted to gather
information for the research and Karl Marx’s social conflict theory was employed as basis to justify this
concern. The study then concluded that fuel subsidy removal has negative effects on the lives of rural
dwellers. It was recommended that the government should not remove subsidy on petroleum products.
However, if fuel subsidy removal would be totally sustained, efforts should be made to provide adequate
infrastructural facilities to improve the standard of living of these ruralites.
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Fuel, Subsidy, Rural areas, Rural Development, Subsidy Removal