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Showunmi: Atiku’s Subsidy Proposal Will Take Nigeria Back...
原文原文 / Original TextThe Chief Promoter of the Alternative Movement, Otunba Segun Showunmi, on Saturday criticised former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s proposal to restore petrol subsidy, saying such a policy would amount to taking Nigeria “back to Egypt.”
Atiku, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate for the 2027 election, has said he would restore petrol subsidy if elected, arguing that Nigerians should benefit from the country’s resources and that the removal of the subsidy has worsened living conditions.
Speaking in Abeokuta during a sensitisation and mobilisation programme in support of President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid, Showunmi rejected the proposal and defended the administration’s economic direction.
“We have tried subsidies in this country. We started starting it from 1973. And between 1973 and date, we have seen the result. If it had worked, wouldn’t we have seen it?” Showunmi asked.
“We have seen that nothing has worked. They couldn’t even repair a refinery for so many years. And one private sector person has run a refinery.”
He described proponent of the subsidy return as “overtly and inordinately ambitious”, saying is Nigeria will never return back to Egypt.
“Forward ever, backward never,” he said.
Showunmi said he had spent the past year defending what he described as the economic policies and direction of the Tinubu administration.
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来源：Daily Trust Nigeria (https://dailytrust.com/)
原文链接：https://dailytrust.com/showunmi-atikus-subsidy-proposal-will-take-nigeria-back-to-egypt/
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发表于 2026-9-11 23:25:54