Atiku's Fuel Subsidy Plan Unrealistic, Says Presidency

Atiku’s shallow politics can’t buy Nigeria’s economic future — Presidency

—Says Atiku’s subsidy revival risks repeating pre-2023 fiscal crisis By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE Presidency has said that the Nigerian electorate is far too sophisticated to trade long-term national economic security for what it described as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s shallow, short-term demagoguery. It also said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has chosen […]

Atiku's fuel subsidy plan unrealistic, says Presidency

The Presidency on Sunday dismissed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s proposed production subsidy on petrol as “a dangerous mathematical fantasy wrapped in political deceit,” saying Nigeria does not have the crude oil volumes to fund it. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, stated this in a statement signed and Read More: https://punchng.com/atikus-fuel-subsidy-plan-unrealistic-says-presidency/

Tinubu’s policies better than Atiku’s ‘subsidy fantasy’ — Presidency fires back over fuel price debate

Presidency has defended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s economic policies, describing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s criticism of the government’s fuel price measures as politically motivated and lacking understanding of global energy realities. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Dr Sunday Dare, said Atiku’s recent comments

Tinubu’s Fuel Price Policy Logical, Atiku’s Criticism Demagoguery – Presidency

The Presidency has defended President Bola Tinubu’s fuel price intervention, describing it as a logical response to global energy market volatility, while accusing former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of engaging in political demagoguery over the policy. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, stated this in a statement issued on […]

Presidency: Atiku's Fuel Subsidy Plan Unrealistic

The Nigerian Presidency rejected Atiku Abubakar’s proposed fuel production subsidy, calling it an unrealistic political fantasy.

Atiku’s demagoguery in the face of Tinubu’s logical policies

The alternative Atiku offers—resurrecting opaque subsidy regimes under the guise of "production subsidies" without the crude volumes to back them—is the exact road to ruin that almost brought Nigeria to its knees before May 2023. It represents the old way of doing business: short-term palliative bribes funded by unsustainable national debt, leading directly to scarcity, currency collapse, and fiscal bankruptcy.