Peter Obi won’t give govs fuel subsidy money, return cabals like Atiku – NDC

Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Director of New Media and Strategic Communications, Theo Abu Agada, has said the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, will not give funds accrued from fuel subsidy to state governors, as President Bola Tinubu’s administration is doing.
Agada also said that, unlike the African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who is proposing a return of fuel subsidy, Obi will not bring back oil cabals that benefited from the regime.

In 2023, Tinubu ended the fuel subsidy regime during his presidential inauguration in Abuja.

A few weeks ago, Atiku sparked a debate when he proposed a return of fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027.

However, Agada said Obi would give Nigerians the funds from the fuel subsidy if elected president.

Posting on X, Agada said the NDC’s presidential candidate would ensure that quality schools are built, quality healthcare is provided, and jobs are created with funds from the fuel subsidy regime.

He wrote:

“Sodiq, the presidential candidate of our party, Peter Obi, has, on different fora, made his position known on this fuel subsidy issue, and many of us have aligned with it.

“The fact that he has remained consistent in his conviction on how the subsidy should be managed is something for which he should be commended.

“Your candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, wanted the subsidy gone in 2023; what has changed?

“Well, for Peter Obi and many of us who have, since 2012, advocated for the removal of the subsidy and the deregulation of the downstream sector, the policy position has always been the transparent management of the subsidy regime.

“For our presidential candidate, he will not put the money in the pockets of the governors like Tinubu, and he will not bring back the oil cabals that were benefiting from the subsidy scam, as Atiku is proposing.

“We will put the money in the pockets of Nigerians and also channel the funds into building quality healthcare facilities, transport infrastructure, schools, and other programmes that will create jobs for Nigerians.

“Every logical person can see through the fake policy direction of your candidate on this. Instead of just keeping quiet and facing the APC, you are bringing us into this.”