{"id":152822,"date":"2025-02-26T08:09:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T07:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigeria-wouldnt-have-survived-fuel-subsidy-allocation-to-states-tripled-tinubu"},"modified":"2025-02-27T22:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T21:58:01","slug":"nigeria-wouldnt-have-survived-fuel-subsidy-allocation-to-states-tripled-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-wouldnt-have-survived-fuel-subsidy-allocation-to-states-tripled-tinubu","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria wouldn\u2019t have survived fuel subsidy, allocation to states tripled \u2013 Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu has claimed that there is no way the nation would have sustained till now the payment of fuel subsidy that was abolished in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu, who admitted that some of the policies of his government were difficult, confirmed that monthly allocations to State Governments tripled since the subsidy was removed.<\/p>\n<p>The president spoke on Tuesday during the All Progressives Congress, APC, national caucus meeting at the States House, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI have a commitment to our manifestos, progressive ideas and beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe policies are difficult but there is no way Nigeria could have survived the continuation of fuel subsidy, there is no way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I can beat my chest and each of the governors here can confirm that allocation to the states is tripled. We have enough fundings from the Local Government\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerians have been plunged into serious economic hardship since the subsidy was removed in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s comment confirms the insinuation that some state governors are not doing much to mitigate the ravaging hardship bedeviling the citizens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu has claimed that there is no way the nation would have sustained till now the payment of fuel subsidy that was abolished in May 2023. Tinubu, who admitted that some of the policies of his government were difficult, confirmed that monthly allocations to State Governments tripled since the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,562,945],"class_list":["post-152822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-subsidy","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria wouldn\u2019t have survived fuel subsidy, allocation to states tripled \u2013 Tinubu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu has claimed that there is no way the nation would have sustained till now the payment of ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-wouldnt-have-survived-fuel-subsidy-allocation-to-states-tripled-tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria wouldn\u2019t have survived fuel subsidy, allocation to states tripled \u2013 Tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu has claimed that there is no way the nation would have sustained till now the payment of ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-wouldnt-have-survived-fuel-subsidy-allocation-to-states-tripled-tinubu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-26T07:09:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-27T21:58:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740545884.119991.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-wouldnt-have-survived-fuel-subsidy-allocation-to-states-tripled-tinubu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-wouldnt-have-survived-fuel-subsidy-allocation-to-states-tripled-tinubu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigeria wouldn\u2019t have survived fuel subsidy, allocation to states tripled \u2013 Tinubu\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-26T07:09:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-27T21:58:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-wouldnt-have-survived-fuel-subsidy-allocation-to-states-tripled-tinubu\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-wouldnt-have-survived-fuel-subsidy-allocation-to-states-tripled-tinubu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740545884.119991.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"subsidy\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-wouldnt-have-survived-fuel-subsidy-allocation-to-states-tripled-tinubu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-wouldnt-have-survived-fuel-subsidy-allocation-to-states-tripled-tinubu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-wouldnt-have-survived-fuel-subsidy-allocation-to-states-tripled-tinubu\",\"name\":\"Nigeria wouldn\u2019t have survived fuel subsidy, allocation to states tripled \u2013 Tinubu - 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