Fuel subsidy: Tinubu may provide temporary succour, Lagos transporters plan protest – Atiku

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, statesmanlike candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has hinted that President Bola Tinubu mightiness temporarily supply succour pursuing the caller hike successful the pump terms of fuel.

Atiku said Tinubu’s intended enactment volition beryllium based connected a planned protestation by Lagos State transporters.

He made the disclosure astatine a satellite property league on Friday.

According to Atiku, Tinubu volition region the substance subsidy and succour if re-elected successful 2027.

He said: “Let maine besides caution Nigerians that successful the adjacent fewer days determination whitethorn beryllium a objection by Lagos transporters and this volition supply Bola Tinubu the excuse to temporarily supply succour of bringing backmost substance subsidy and aft being re-elected, spell backmost to the aforesaid aged policy.”

Meanwhile, Atiku has promised to reconstruct the subsidy connected substance if elected president successful 2027.

Recall that Tinubu ended the substance subsidy authorities during his statesmanlike inauguration successful 2023.

Since the removal, Nigeria has experienced a bid of substance terms increments.

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