Atiku hits back at Tinubu over petrol subsidy proposal

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has fired back at President Bola Tinubu over criticism of his proposed intervention in Nigeria’s petroleum sector, insisting that the country’s worsening economic hardship demands a rethink of existing policies.
Atiku, in a statement issued on Friday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, rejected Tinubu’s description of his proposal as evidence of “serious ignorance on governance and economy.”
The African Democratic Congress presidential candidate said his proposal was not a return to the former open-ended petrol subsidy regime but a temporary and targeted production-support programme aimed at increasing domestic r...