{
  "id": 3563508,
  "title": "Presidency slams Atiku over ‘conflicting’ petrol subsidy position",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/presidency-slams-atiku-over-conflicting-petrol-subsidy-position-3563508",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T18:32:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/presidency-slams-atiku-over-conflicting-petrol-subsidy-position/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Presidency has criticised Atiku Abubakar's petrol subsidy positions, demanding clarity on his proposed 'targeted subsidy'. According to the Presidency, Atiku's plan to restore petrol subsidy if elected president would create fiscal, market, and smuggling challenges.\n\nThe Presidential aide, Sunday Dare, described Atiku's proposal as an 'arithmetic flaw' and an 'economic safari'. He argued that selling crude oil to local refineries at preferential prices would reduce the revenue available to the three tiers of government, slashing allocations to federal, state, and local governments for schools, hospitals, and security.\n\nDare also cautioned that preferential crude pricing could distort competition in the downstream petroleum sector, risking artificial monopolies and destabilising smaller indigenous modular refiners, according to Daily Post Nigeria.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Trust",
        "title": "Atiku doubles down on restoring fuel subsidy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/atiku-doubles-down-on-restoring-fuel-subsidy",
        "published": "2026-08-26T05:17:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "‘I’ll make naira stronger’ – Atiku insists on restoring fuel subsidy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/ill-make-naira-stronger-atiku-insists-on-restoring-fuel-subsidy",
        "published": "2026-08-26T05:37:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Why Atiku’s subsidy plan is flawed – Tinubu’s aide",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/why-atikus-subsidy-plan-is-flawed-tinubus-aide",
        "published": "2026-08-26T11:04:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TheCable",
        "title": "ICYMI: Atiku not planning to revive old fuel subsidy regime, says Amaechi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/icymi-atiku-not-planning-to-revive-old-fuel-subsidy-regime-says",
        "published": "2026-08-26T18:22:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}