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  "id": 4198785,
  "title": "The subsidy trap: What Nigeria would be reversing, By Akeem Bello",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/the-subsidy-trap-what-nigeria-would-be-reversing-by-akeem-bello",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-29T13:31:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/906144-the-subsidy-trap-what-nigeria-would-be-reversing-by-akeem-bello.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The pain of reform is real, but reversing an unsustainable system may cost more than sustaining it Countries often learn an old economic lesson only after considerable pain: you cannot reconstruct an economy without disturbing the arrangements that held the old one together. Serious reforms frequently impose immediate costs before their benefits become visible. The […] The post The subsidy trap:…",
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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."
}