We must reject siren song of return to fuel subsidy – Tinubu

President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to cull calls for the instrumentality of petrol subsidies, describing specified demands arsenic a “siren song.”

His remark came amid governmental arguments implicit substance subsidy argumentation up of the 2027 wide election, with absorption figures utilizing the committedness of a subsidy instrumentality arsenic a run issue.

“Now, arsenic definite influential but regressive voices would person america wantonness the attraction and instrumentality ourselves to the maltreatment of addictive subsidies, we indispensable defy their siren song,” Tinubu said during his Independence Day code to Nigerians.

“We indispensable retrieve wherefore we began this travel and however acold we person already come.”

The President said his reforms did not make Nigeria’s economical problems but were aimed astatine addressing issues that erstwhile administrations had delayed.

Tinubu said the system grew by much than 4 per cent successful 2026, with some the lipid and non-oil sectors contributing to the growth.

According to the President, lipid theft had reduced, ostentation had fallen from its peak, overseas reserves...