States won't be able to pay salaries due to rising subsidies, say governors The Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) subsidy in particular has put a significant financial strain on the states, according to the Nigeria Governors' Forum. This was announced by the NGF, the group that unites all 36 of the federation's governors, regardless of political affiliation, in a memo submitted to the House of Representatives. The House Ad Hoc Committee on the Volume of Fuel Consumed Daily in Nigeria, which is looking into the actual quantity of PMS the nation consumes each day, requested memoranda, and this document was produced in response. The memo, headlined "Findings on the Volume of Fuel Consumed Daily in Nigeria," dated July 1, 2022, and written to committee chairman Abdulkadir Abdullahi, was signed by the head of legislative liaison for peace and security at the NGF, Fatima Usman Katsina. The governors referred the House to a November 2021 report by the National Executive Cou...