POLITICS● LOWSep 3 · Sep 3, 2026, 3:27 AM
Lies, damned lies about fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria, by Olu Fasan
Vanguard Nigeria · sub saharan africa
For decades, removing the petroleum subsidy in Nigeria was a political hot potato and then a political football. The first metaphor refers to the squeamishness of some past governments about removing the subsidy. The second describes self-interested and hypocritical politicians whose presidential ambitions led them to be Janus-faced on subsidy removal. In 2012, Bola Tinubu […] The post Lies, damned lies about fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria, by Olu Fasan appeared first on Vanguard News.
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