2027: Experts present divergent views on Atiku’s plan to restore fuel subsidy

The Presidential campaigner of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has renewed his committedness to reconstruct petrol subsidy if elected president successful 2027, reopening a caller nationalist statement implicit the arguable policy.

Recall that Atiku, who campaigned for the removal of substance subsidy during the 2023 statesmanlike election, past week said helium would reconstruct the aforesaid argumentation if elected successful 2027.

His spokesperson, Paul Ibe, connected Tuesday reiterated that the projected involution would beryllium impermanent and would purpose astatine giving Nigerians and businesses clip to recover, stimulate economical enactment and amended productivity.

The connection drew disapproval from President Bola Tinubu, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) statesmanlike candidate, Peter Obi, and galore different salient people.

Also, experts person weighed in, with immoderate supporting the proposal, stating that it would assistance revive the economy, portion others deliberation otherwise.

Fuel subsidy governmental fallacy, not solution Nigeria needs — Dr Ishak

A lecturer successful the Department of Criminology and Security Studies astatine the Federal University Dutse (FUD), Dr Suleiman Ishak Muhammad, described the proposa...