Nigerians need lasting relief, not 30-day election-laced fuel discount — Atiku blasts Tinubu govt

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has rejected the Federal Government’s proposed 30-day petrol discount at NNPC stations, describing it as temporary relief that would not address the country’s cost-of-living crisis.

According to Daily Trust, Atiku spoke through Phrank Shaibu, Director of Strategic Communication of the ADC Presidential Campaign Council, after the government announced the measure on Thursday.

“Atiku totally rejects this calendar-scheduled, election-laced subsidy package. Nigerians are not fools to be offered a month of discounted fuel after years of punishing prices and then expected to forget the hardship when the discount expires. This is shameless and heartless,” he said.

Atiku questioned what would happen after the intervention ends.

“What happens on Day 31? Nigerians wake up to the same brutal prices, the same punishing transport fares and the same rising cost of food. The government cannot manufacture relief for one month and expect Nigerians to applaud while the hardship remains,” he said.

He reiterated his proposal for capped, budgeted production support tied to locally refined fuel, adding: “Nigerians need lasting relief, not a countdown to the return of hardship.”