APC: Stop manufacturing figures, attaching to my proposal – Atiku to Tinubu’s aide, Ogra

African Democratic Congress candidate Atiku Abubakar accused President Bola Tinubu's senior advisor, O'greta Ogra, of fabricating statistics in his proposal for a production subsidy to local refineries in Nigeria. Atiku stated that his proposed subsidy would help lower the cost of fuel production and make essential goods more affordable for Nigerians.

However, the presidency claimed that Atiku's proposal had been tried during the previous administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and failed. Ogra posted on X, stating that Nigeria had previously provided domestic crude to local refineries under a below-market/implicit subsidy arrangement during the Obasanjo/Atiku administration, resulting in revenue losses.

Atiku responded, clarifying that supplying crude to refineries under the old pricing arrangement was different from his proposed production subsidy, which would be tied to fuel refined in Nigeria, capped, and monitored against abuse. He also criticized Ogra for manufacturing numbers and attaching them to Atiku's proposals, emphasizing that the APC had left his name out of their presidential campaign team.