Atiku Abubakar explains his plan to restore fuel subsidy if elected president in 2027, citing economic hardship and unaccounted funds from its removal.

According to Ibe, Atiku does not intend to return to the subsidy arrangement of the past. Rather, the proposal would involve using Nigeria’s crude oil resources to support…

At the centre of the clarification is a distinction Atiku's camp is keen to draw between his proposal and the import-subsidy system Nigeria abandoned in 2023.

"On the question of subsidy, my position has not changed and will not change: I will restore it!"