Atiku to FG: Stop misleading Nigerians on fuel subsidy savings

• Says debt has risen to N40.38trn under Tinubu, not fallen
• Dismisses claims subsidy savings fund wages, NELFUND
 
From Ndubuisi Orji, Abuja
Former Vice President and 2027 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Federal Government of misleading Nigerians over the utilisation of savings from the removal of fuel subsidy, insisting that claims the funds are being used to reduce inherited debts and improve workers’ welfare are contradicted by official records.
Atiku, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, yesterday described recent remarks by the Minister of Finance, ...