Presidency, Wike Tackle Atiku Over Pledge To Restore Fuel Subsidy

The Presidency has described former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s proposal to restore petrol subsidy as retrogressive and an attempt to regain political power, arguing that it would return Nigeria to a wasteful and fiscally burdensome petroleum regime.
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, stated this in a statement with the title, “Restoring Petrol Subsidies: Atiku’s Volte-Face and Desperation for Power,” issued yesterday.
Similarly, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, criticised Atiku’s position, describing him as inconsistent for seeking to reverse a policy he had previously condemned.
Wike, who spoke yeste...