THE ROLE OF EFFECTIVE INFORMATION DISSEMINATION IN MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF FUEL SUBSIDY REMOVAL IN NIGERIA

Authors: AMUSA DADA JOSEPH

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This paper investigates the roles of effective information dissemination in mitigating the effects of fuel
subsidy removal in Kogi State. There is a social contract between the government and the people, in a
democratic system of government which implies that citizen should be well informed about challenges and
the gains of this policy, to avert fake news which can cause chaos, anarchy, and other social vices that are
not good for the present democratic dispensation. Fuel subsidy removal came as a shock to Kogi people
after listening to the presidential broadcast of president Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the 29th May,
2023. Since the discovery of petrol in Oloibiri in the present Bayelsa state, petrol has remained the mainstay
of Nigerian economy and any hike in the price of petrol always results in socio-economic hardship to the
citizen. It is quite obvious in Kogi state that, since the removal of fuel subsidy, there has been drastic
increase in the cost of goods and services, it is therefore necessary to create a better understanding between
the government and the people using the strategy of effective information dissemination, because information
is power which can clear any form of fake news and rumour mongering in relation to fuel subsidy removal.
Data was collected from both primary and secondary sources using both qualitative and quantitative
approaches while the samples of two hundred respondents were selected from population of three hundred
and thirty-five people. Data obtained from field survey was carefully analyzed to achieve the objective of the
study.

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