Atiku’s shallow politics can’t buy Nigeria’s economic future — Presidency

—Says Atiku’s subsidy revival risks repeating pre-2023 fiscal crisis By Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA — THE Presidency has said that the Nigerian electorate is far too sophisticated to trade long-term national economic security for what it described as former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s shallow, short-term demagoguery. It also said that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has chosen the hard, courageous, and necessary path in its policy decisions, adding that by coupling market deregulation with targeted price-smoothing mechanisms, strategic reserves, rapid CNG rollout, and disciplined fiscal management, the administration is laying a permanent foundation for sustainable prosperity. Reacting to the recent press conference by the former Vice President and the 2027 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Abuja—where he allegedly attacked NNPC Retail’s 30-day discount on petrol price and a modulation framework—the Presidency said what Alhaji Atiku did was “a seminal example of shallow, election-laced demagoguery.” The Presidency, in a statement titled, “Atiku’s demagoguery in the face of Tinubu’s logical policies,” issued by Dr.

Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, said: “Atiku ‘Kachalla’, totally unplugged from global realities and consumed by an unbridled lust for power, is a lone ranger. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration has chosen the hard, courageous, and necessary path. By coupling market deregulation with targeted price-smoothing mechanisms, strategic reserves, rapid CNG rollout, and disciplined fiscal management, the administration is laying a permanent foundation for sustainable prosperity.

“The Nigerian electorate is far too sophisticated to trade long-term national economic security for Atiku’s shallow, short-term demagoguery.” It explained that in the United Kingdom, because the international oil market affects local pump prices, Prime Minister Andy Burnham offered Britons a Google Maps link to find the best fuel prices. Google Maps’ Fuel Prices feature helps drivers compare near-real-time petrol and diesel prices at local forecourts. Besides, it said in America, President Donald Trump signed an executive order titled “Emergency Tax Relief on Diesel Fuel” on October 5, 2026, and announced a diesel supply deal with Russia, not minding whether it derails his avowed …