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Atiku’s subsidy proposal designed to make petrol affordable — Okonkwo

Atiku’s subsidy proposal designed to make petrol affordable — Okonkwo

ABUJA — Kenneth Okonkwo, spokesperson for the 2027 presidential campaign of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed criticism of Atiku’s plan to restore petrol subsidy if elected, saying the proposal is aimed at reducing fuel prices and has nothing to do with the subsidy regime of the past. Okonkwo, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday […]

Presidency, Atiku bicker over subsidy removal

Presidency, Atiku bicker over subsidy removal

ABUJA—Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has declared that no amount of resistance from President Bola Tinubu or “millions of his gang of economic jesters” could stop him from restoring a targeted fuel subsidy to Nigerians, accusing the administration of dressing up subsidy removal as reform while quietly extending fiscal concessions to oil investors.

Atiku’s father of subsidy removal in Nigeria —Olawepo-Hashim

Atiku’s father of subsidy removal in Nigeria —Olawepo-Hashim

The presidential candidate of Accord Party, Dr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the “father of subsidy removal” in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, saying his recent reversal on fuel subsidy removal deserved an explanation and an apology to Nigerians.