Fuel: ‘Nigerians are too poor not to be subsidised’ — ADC fires back at Presidency

August 31, 2026

L- ADC Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi and President Bola Tinubu

By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA – The African Democratic Congress, ADC, yesterday fired back at the Presidency over its rejection of the party’s presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s, proposal to bring petrol prices down to about ₦600 per litre through a controlled domestic-refining subsidy.

According to the ADC, the argument goes beyond the Presidency’s N19.1 trillion price tag, stating that Nigerians are already paying heavily for expensive fuel through higher transport fares, food prices, production costs, and the rising cost of living.