Atiku’s Plan to Restore Fuel Subsidy Is Unrealistic, Presidency Says

Bayo Onanuga, President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser on information and strategy, called Atiku Abubakar’s promise to restore the fuel subsidy unrealistic. He was responding to Festus Osifo, former president of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), who questioned how the government would fund salaries, infrastructure, hospitals and the military if refineries received crude at production cost. Osifo urged voters to ask candidates how their promises would be financed. In a post on X, Onanuga said Atiku should return to the drawing board and come up with another campaign promise.