Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reiterated his proposal to restore a targeted fuel subsidy, accusing President Bola Tinubu of implementing contradictory economic policies that remove support from poor Nigerians while granting tax credits and incentives to major investors in the petroleum industry. Atiku's statement, issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, argues that the federal government's claim of abolishing the petrol subsidy is misleading. The proposal has drawn reactions from various figures, including Yilwatda, who described it as troubling and suspicious, and Olawepo-Hashim, who called Atiku the father of subsidy removal and his recent U-turn dishonest. Other commentators, such as Donald Duke, have called for an economic reset, while Idris warned that restoring the subsidy would reverse Nigeria's economic gains.
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