{
  "id": 9544887,
  "title": "2027: Atiku has no plans to restore fuel subsidy – Presidency",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/2027-atiku-has-no-plans-to-restore-fuel-subsidy-presidency",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T11:15:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/24/2027-atiku-has-no-plans-to-restore-fuel-subsidy-presidency/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Special Adviser on Policy Communication for President Bola Tinubu, Daniel Bwala, asserted on Thursday that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has no intention of reinstating the fuel subsidy in Nigeria if elected in 2027. Tinubu disbanded the subsidy during his inauguration as President in Abuja in 2023, stating that taking away the subsidy would stop the cabals benefiting from the scheme, while the funds would be utilized more effectively. Since the start of the 2027 election campaign, Atiku has frequently stated his desire to restore the fuel subsidy. Atiku's spokesman, Kenneth Okonkwo, addressed this on Arise Television’s Prime Time, suggesting that if the government removed all subsidies without any plan, they could also restore subsidies without a plan. Bwala dismissed Okonkwo's comment as mere populist rhetoric, stating on X, \"Hear @Atiku plan to restore subsidy, lol we told you there is no plan, it’s just a populist rhetoric.\"",
  "summary": "President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, on Thursday said the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has no plans of restoring fuel subsidy if elected President in 2027. Recall that Tinubu had ended the fuel subsidy regime during his presidential inauguration in Abuja in 2023. The president had said […] 2027: Atiku has no…",
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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."
}