Presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has advised Nigerians not to be deceived by former Vice President Atiku, who has promised to restore fuel subsidy if elected as President in 2027.

Since Atiku made the promise, President Bola Tinubu's administration has been implementing policies to justify its decision to remove the fuel subsidy.

One of these includes Tinubu telling state governors to ensure transportation costs are low, stressing that cheaper fuel must mean cheaper transportation costs.

Following a meeting with the governors, Tinubu told Nigerians that they have, on their own initiative, resolved to take immediate measures to bring down transportation costs in their states, with a strong focus on leveraging the cost benefits of CNG and electric vehicles.

"I have also directed the additional rollout of another 500 CNG refuelling stations nationwide in addition to the 500 stations ordered earlier in the year by the Fund, bringing the programme to 1,000 stations across the country," Tinubu said.

The President pointed out that intra-state transport is where Nigerians feel the cost most directly, and it is where the states hold the levers.

"I am encouraged that our Governors are moving to bring these benefits closer to the people they serve.

"We have agreed to set up a joint Federal and State committee to begin implementing these measures immediately. A vehicle running on CNG spends 60 to 80 per cent less on fuel than one running on petrol.

"From October 1, our goal is that Nigerians begin to partake in those savings through lower transport fares.
We have agreed that cheaper fuel should result in cheaper fares!

"Each tier of government must keep doing its part and work together for the benefit of every Nigerian," Tinubu said.

Since these policies, Atiku's camp has been ascribing credit to itself for the new momentum in government, a thing rejected by Sowore. who wrote on X:

“Don’t let Atiku Abubakar and his clowning group deceive you about fuel subsidy or pretend that they are responsible for the panic now gripping the failed Bola Tinubu regime.

“It was our firm and uncompromising stance at the Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt that sent the Tinubu regime scampering.”

“We have been consistent on this issue, while these establishment politicians keep shifting positions according to political convenience and foreign capitalist control.

“They should not be allowed to rewrite history or suddenly present themselves as the opposition."

ASA