Tinubu replies Atiku, we can’t return to Egypt on fuel subsidy

From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye and Romanus Ugwu , Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has defended his decision to remove the petrol subsidy, declaring that Nigeria cannot return to what he described as a failed economic path, in an apparent response to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s call for the restoration of the subsidy.
Tinubu, who said his administration inherited an economy facing serious financial challenges, insisted that reversing the reforms would amount to taking the country backwards, urging Nigerians to scrutinise the promises of opposition politicians.
The President spoke yesterday at An Evening with the Original City Boy, an event organised by the City Boy Movement, led...