The recent revelation by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele that the Federal Government plans to introduce a fuel tax in Nigeria has stirred controversy.
Nigerians are describing it as callous and insensitive to their suffering.
Although the minister clarified that the tax would only be imposed when the Federal Government was satisfied that the economy had stabilised and Nigerians’ incomes had improved sufficiently to accommodate the additional cost, Nigerians have rejected his explanation, with many describing it as another ploy to deceive them and inflict more pain on them.
Oyedele had, during an interview on the sidelines of the 2026 International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, disclosed that the Federal Government would introduce a fuel tax when the economy stabilised and Nigerians’ incomes improved sufficiently to accommodate the additional cost.
He said revenue from the levy would support road infrastructure and the development of a fuel reserve to cushion the effects of future price shocks, stressing that its implementation would require a ministerial order published in the Offic...








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