Atiku playing to the gallery, 15 northern states 'll collapse if subsidy returns - OAU prof

Professor Tunji Ogunyemi of Obafemi Awolowo University stated that 15 northern states in Nigeria will collapse if the petroleum subsidy is reinstated. He noted that only a few states can survive without federal allocation and warned that reduced revenues would lead to an inability to pay salaries and pensions. Ogunyemi expressed that Atiku's stance on the subsidy was a political maneuver.