Tinubu’s fuel subsidy removal is economic apartheid – Atiku tackles Presidency

Reacting in a fresh statement, Atiku said Tinubu did not remove the fuel subsidy but rather took the palliative from the poor and gave it to his rich friends.

He accused Tinubu’s government of propaganda, saying it collapses under the weight of its own policies.

“Tinubu stood at Eagle Square and declared that subsidy was gone. This is the fraud at the heart of Tinubunomics. That is not reform; it is an upside-down economy. You cannot subsidise capital and criminalise relief for citizens. You cannot offer cushions upstairs and call suffering downstairs reform. That is not economic reform. It is classic economic apartheid,” he stated.

DAILY POST reports that President Tinubu removed the fuel subsidy in May 2023, which led to a sharp increase in petrol prices.