A debate on whether the subsidy was truly removed or if it is propaganda of the Tinubu administration has ensued after documents showed ₦5.4 trillion proposed subsidy payment surfaced.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who spoke on the issue, expressed his disappointment, stating, “Nigeria is not a working nation.” Recall that on the one-year anniversary of the Tinubu administration, he requested that the government “come clean on the actual position of the subsidy policy.”

Atiku stated, “Like millions of Nigerians, I was shocked to learn through media reports that the government is still supporting downstream consumption.

“Now we know that expenditure on fuel subsidy may reach ₦5.4 trillion in 2024, compared to the ₦3.6 trillion spent in 2023, the same year that Tinubu claimed to have abolished the fuel subsidy.

“I wish to restate that Nigeria is not working, and what we have had in a little over a year is a cocktail of trial-and-error economic policies. Paying subsidies and lying about it is nothing to brag about. Nigerians deserve better than this deception.”

Also joining the conversation, @PIDOMNIGERIA on X stated, “Tinubu is paying 100% subsidy for fuel, yet fuel is still selling between 850/900 naira. Who is taking the balance? Who is subsidizing who?” He further stated, “Pidom is vindicated finally. I saw the classified document where Tinubu personally approved the full payment of fuel subsidy.”

Has Tinubu re-introduced fuel subsidy? Here’s what we know

Tinubu has not reintroduced the subsidy.

In a press statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the news of the government paying for the subsidy despite its stance against it, as declared by President Tinubu on 29th May 2023, was debunked.

Read More: https://crispng.com/has-tinubu-re-introduced-fuel-subsidy-heres-what-we-know/?noamp=available

lol. gbajue government of confusion, the more you look, the less you see.
we still have more years to go.
even though you give emilokan 30 years, he is not going to achieve anything tangible.
hope the man that made the above assertion is not being prophetic ?
or else how can emilokan government be spending such huge amounts of money for the much vilified fuel subsidy and still have enough money to run his government and also have more to pil..... ?