{
  "id": 2902722,
  "title": "Again, FG, APC tackle Atiku over petrol subsidy return call",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/again-fg-apc-tackle-atiku-over-petrol-subsidy-return-call-2902722",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T00:40:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/again-fg-apc-tackle-atiku-over-petrol-subsidy-return-call/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Federal Government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have warned against restoring petrol subsidy, citing concerns that it would reopen fiscal pressures. This comes after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar proposed a targeted subsidy if elected.\n\nAtiku's proposal was backed by a chieftain of the APC in Niger State, Hon. Jonathan Vatsa, who urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reconsider the government's fuel subsidy removal policy. According to Vatsa, the policy has worsened poverty and imposed hardship on citizens, benefiting only those with access to public funds.\n\nVatsa argued that the subsidy removal policy has not benefited ordinary Nigerians, instead pushing low-income earners below the poverty level. The Daily Post Nigeria reported Vatsa's comments, which were made in a statement titled \"Let's Take Atiku's Message and Leave the Messenger\".",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "‘Subsidy removal is starvation, not reform’ — Vatsa backs Atiku, urges Tinubu to rethink policy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/subsidy-removal-is-starvation-not-reform-vatsa-backs-atiku-urges",
        "published": "2026-08-23T21:49:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Kwankwaso urges Yari to reconsider Tinubu campaign council role",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/kwankwaso-urges-yari-to-reconsider-tinubu-campaign-council-role",
        "published": "2026-08-23T22:34:16.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}