The Presidency has said that the call by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to bring back fuel subsidy will undermine the reforms already undertaken in the petroleum sector. According to the Presidency, it will also create legal and fiscal complications and potentially discourage investment in domestic refining, including the Dangote Refinery and other modular refineries. This was made known in a series of posts by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, who was reacting to Atiku's plan to bring back fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027. Onanuga described the move as retrogressive, fiscally unsustainable and a product of "desperation to win the presidency." He said that Nigeria's petroleum landscape had changed fundamentally since President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of petrol subsidy.
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