2027: 30 days can’t erase over three years of hardship, Atiku tells Tinubu

By Luminous Jannamike
ABUJA — Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has dismissed President Bola Tinubu’s 30-day petrol discount as an inadequate response to years of economic hardship, saying Nigerians would hold the administration accountable in the 2027 general election.
Atiku argued that a temporary reduction in petrol prices could not reverse the rising cost of food, transportation, electricity and business operations, insisting that Nigerians needed lasting relief rather than what he described as an election-season palliative.
Speaking at the inauguration of the ADC Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja on Friday, the former Vice Pres...