Senate President, Ahmed Lawan said aid on Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) will not be eliminated in the meantime.

Lawan spoke at the State House on Tuesday after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

The legislator said the Nigerian leader has actually not purchased anybody to eliminate gas aid as being hypothesized.

He verified that lots of citizens were concerned that the federal government would quickly stop the financing.

Lawan stated lawmakers met their constituents on the matter and his check out to Buhari was to notify him of the result.

“I enjoy to notify Nigerians that Mr President never told anybody that the petroleum subsidy should be eliminated. I agree that the aid is really heavy.

“We must never move the burden to the citizens. We need to take a look at the priced estimate figure of 100 million litres that individuals claim we’re consuming. Is it real?” he asked.

Lawan stated the figure might be inaccurate, suggesting that there might be sabotage going on.

“How in the world are we taking in that? We require to take a look at this critically and see how we can find the fact,” he said.

Lawan even more dismissed calls by some governors for the instant removal of fuel aid.

“That’s their opinion. And they had their time. They must have found a solution for it”, he included.