‘Atiku’s fuel subsidy proposal will return Nigeria to corruption era’

An APC chieftain warns that Atiku Abubakar’s proposal to restore fuel subsidy could bring back a corrupt era of fraud and diversion of public funds in Nige

Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC ahead of the January 16 election, Peter Obi, has thrown his weight behind the removal of petrol subsidy, but was quick to say that poor management of the savings from the policy should not be a reason to reverse it.

[Vanguard] 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.

To entertain Atiku’s hollow promise is to invite national economic suicide. The old import subsidy regime was not merely a pricing mechanism; it was a black hole of rent-seeking, round-tripping, and monumental corruption that starved health, education, and infrastructure of vital capital… Restoring it would instantly s