{"id":169655,"date":"2025-07-15T22:22:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T21:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-pity-tinubu-says-katsina-gov-radda-on-buharis-words"},"modified":"2025-07-15T23:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T22:24:01","slug":"i-pity-tinubu-says-katsina-gov-radda-on-buharis-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/i-pity-tinubu-says-katsina-gov-radda-on-buharis-words","title":{"rendered":"I Pity Tinubu Says Katsina Gov Radda on Buhari&#8217;s Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has recounted a conversation he had with the late President, Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>Radda recalled how Buhari told him he pitied President Bola Tinubu for being brave enough to remove the subsidy on fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari passed away on Sunday at a London clinic at the age of 82 and was buried on Tuesday at his Daura residence with full military honours.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of Buhari\u2019s burial in Daura, the governor said: \u201cLet me use his words: \u2018I pity Bola (President Tinubu) for what he is doing. He is a brave man for removing the fuel subsidy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was president, whenever I made an attempt to remove the subsidy, a lot of people would give me too many reasons not to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Bola did it immediately. If he had consulted people, he could not have removed the fuel subsidy now\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor also noted that the former President\u2019s death has created a vacuum that would be difficult to fill.<\/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. Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State has recounted a conversation he had with the late President, Muhammadu Buhari. Radda recalled how Buhari told him he pitied President Bola Tinubu for being brave enough to remove the subsidy on fuel. 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