{
  "id": 5772069,
  "title": "Petrol should sell for N605 per litre in Nigeria – Olawepo-Hashim",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/petrol-should-sell-for-n605-per-litre-in-nigeria-olawepo-hashim",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T11:37:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/05/petrol-should-sell-for-n605-per-litre-in-nigeria-olawepo-hashim/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, a prominent member of the Accord Party, has stated that petrol should be sold at N605 per litre in Nigeria. The politician made his remarks during an interview on Channels Television's Politics Today program. Olawepo-Hashim criticized the current fuel subsidy removal policy, deeming it \"insanity\". The Kwara native lambasted the Bola Tinubu administration for defending the exorbitant petrol price. According to Olawepo-Hashim, the fuel subsidy controversy is primarily a result of the government's accounting methods and the country's crude pricing system. \"It is insanity and idiocy for anyone, especially the president of an oil-producing nation, to allow market forces to determine domestic and international oil prices,\" he argued. Olawepo-Hashim believes that the cost of locally produced crude oil and other related expenses should be accurately accounted for to justify the N605 per litre petrol price. He concluded, \"Petrol should sell for N605 per litre in Nigeria.\"",
  "summary": "A chieftain of Accord Party, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said that petrol should sell for N605 per litre in Nigeria. Olawepo-Hashim made this assertion in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. He also described the policy that led to the removal of fuel subsidy as ‘insanity’. The Kwara-born politician slammed the President Bola Tinubu administration for […] Petrol should…",
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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."
}