Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar pledged to bring back Nigeria’s fuel subsidy if elected in 2027, placing the measure in his presidential campaign, BusinessDay reported.
At a rally in Sokoto, he also said an African Democratic Congress (ADC) government would reopen land crossings for legitimate business and work to improve security, BusinessDay reported. The report said Atiku accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration of policy choices that, he said, had made life harder for Nigerians.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced in his May 29, 2023, inaugural address that the petrol subsidy would end. The ADC has separately described support for domestic refineries as a production subsidy. Its statement gave no spending estimate or cap; EconoTimes covered the ADC’s refining-subsidy proposal.
ADC vice-presidential candidate Rotimi Amaechi also accused Tinubu’s administration of deepening poverty and hardship. He alleged that the government was taking on debt while public money was being looted, BusinessDay reported.
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lists Jan. 16, 2027, for the presidential election.
