@fattylincorn_01@OfficialOAU Kogi state has borders with eleven states which are Niger, Nasarawa, Abuja, kwara , Ondo, Ekiti , Benue , Edo, Delta, Anambra and Enugu
Two years on, I still feel the absence of my mother, Chief (Mrs.) Morenike Florence Saraki.
Not a day goes by that I do not think of her—her prayers, her wise counsel, her calm nature, and the kindness she showed to everyone around her.
We miss her so much, but we remain grateful for the life she lived, the love she gave, and the example she left behind for all of us.
May Almighty God continue to grant her eternal rest. Ameen.
President Tinubu Ended Fuel Subsidy, So Where Is the Money He Saved Going?
Good question. And without beating around the bush, I will show you five key areas where the money saved is going.
In April 2023, just a month before the handover of power from General Buhari to President Bola Tinubu, JP Morgan, in a report titled 'Nigeria: Reform Pause Rather Than Fatigue', exposed that the Buhari administration actually left Nigeria with a net foreign reserve of $3.7 billion, rather than the $14 billion they claimed in public. From that meagre amount, the Tinubu government has raised our foreign reserves to $50.26 billion, as of Monday, June 8, 2026, our highest level in seventeen years.
You may ask why Nigeria needs such high reserves. It is to protect our economy against future economic shocks arising from a crash in exports, to help pay for vital goods and services we need from overseas, and, finally, to guarantee our loans.
Each state in the federation is now receiving at least double (some more than double) what they were getting under General Buhari when Nigeria still operated the subsidy regime. For example, the Federation Account Allocation Committee distributed a total of ₦725.571 billion as revenue to the three tiers of government in March 2022. However, for the same period in 2026, namely March 2026, the FAAC disbursed ₦2.036 trillion to the three tiers, which is three times what they received under General Buhari's regime.
Under President Tinubu, all six geopolitical zones now have development commissions, including the Northwest Development Commission, North-Central Development Commission, Northeast Development Commission, Southwest Development Commission, Southeast Development Commission, and the Niger Delta Development Commission.
These commissions have been receiving approximately ₦2.5 trillion annually under Tinubu, a new subvention they did not receive under the Buhari administration, because most of them did not even exist.
Over a million indigent Nigerian students are now receiving approximately ₦300 billion as loans under the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) initiative of President Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda.
Infrastructure: No other administration in the history of this nation has democratised road construction to the extent that the Tinubu government has done, simultaneously connecting the Southwest with the South-South via the 750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway being built for ₦15 trillion, linking the Northwest to the Southwest with the 1068-kilometre Illela-Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway costing ₦13 trillion, and bridging the gap between the Southeast and the entire North through the 465-kilometre Trans-Saharan Road is being constructed at a price of an estimated $750 million.
Although there are more, these are five tangible areas where you can see the subsidy savings at work. Before the Tinubu government was inaugurated, we had a paltry foreign reserve and most states had a several-month backlog of wages. Today, states are no longer owing salaries because of increased subventions from the Tinubu-led Federal Government.
Nigerians can feel the impact of three years of the Tinubu administration, which is the first time in our history that we have not experienced strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, because lecturers are now well paid, while students are receiving non-interest student loans.
The six regions now have their development commissions, and they are well funded. In addition, road and rail works are ongoing across all geopolitical zones.
So, with these facts in mind, it is a fallacy for anyone to say that the President ended the fuel subsidy regime, but you don't know where the money saved from that wasteful programme went. The funds went towards improving your life and Human Development Index as a Nigerian through the initiatives listed above!
Reno Omokri
Ambassador Designate to Mexico. Gospeller. Deep Thinker.. #1 Bestselling author
You asked for 7 ways Tinubu’s policies have benefited ordinary Nigerians:
1. NELFUND support for over a million Nigerian students. Those beneficiaries are not elites; they are everyday Nigerians.
2. Free primary and secondary education for about 30 million children. Are those children not from ordinary Nigerian families?
3. Massive federal road construction across the country. The people using those roads are traders, workers, students, and commuters not just the elite.
4. Increased allocations to states and local governments. The governors and local councils you praise today are spending money made possible by higher federal disbursements.
5. Support for the Dangote Refinery and the naira-for-crude initiative. Without these policies, fuel scarcity and endless queues could have remained a recurring nightmare.
6. Stability in public universities. When last did ASUU shut down academic activities nationwide? Millions of students are benefiting from uninterrupted academic sessions.
7. Renewed investor confidence and increased capital inflows. New investments mean new factories, construction projects, and jobs for ordinary Nigerians trying to earn a living.
And that’s just seven. The list is much longer.
"Explain to me like a 5 years old child where the subsidy money is and why is Govt still borrowing after removing subsidy"🤣🤣🤣
You really don't need explanation, that kind of brain needs recalibration to logically THINK THROUGH the basics....
@FinPlanKaluAja1 Hello Mr kalu , your comparison here really displayed a lack of knowledge in construction, the cost of building a kilometre of road in a coastal area, or waterlogged can triple the cost of the same distance in a stable soil , you need to stabilize the ground then laying concrete
Okpoko in Anambra state is a big slum. It's the biggest slum in the southeast, as classified by the UN 2012 habitat report.
You will never hear these clowns blame Obi, who was equally a governor for 8 years for the slum or the lives of the kids dwelling there, including numerous child beggars on Onitsha head bridge. But in Lagos, Tinubu is responsible.
https://t.co/MHdmzGk4CV
Soludo in 2 years gave Okpoko a new lease of life with new roads and the first hospital in over 60 years. The Agulu fraud chose to save money in his bank.