You have to live within yourself and think of all of life, all of its millions of possibilities, openings, and futures in relation to which there exists nothing that is past or has been lost.
- Rilke, The Poet's Guide to Life: The Wisdom of Rilke
When BAT removed fuel subsidy in 2023, they have;
- allocated 37.2 billion to build housing units for federal judges in Abuja
- spent 40 billion on Toyota Land Cruiser SUVs for 109 Senators & 360 House of Representatives
- distributed 70 billion as "welcome packages" or support allowances for newly elected members of the 10th National Assembly
- spent 21 billion on new VP’s residence Abuja
- spent 5 billion on Vp’s quarter Lagos
- spent 7 billion to upgrade presidential fleet
- spent 8 billion on presidential residence, Abuja and Lagos
- spent 5 billion on presidential Yacht
Meanwhile, there has been ZERO, ZERO gains of this fuel subsidy removal to the people.
Why now, President Tinubu?
After three years of watching transport fares crush people, you suddenly remember cheaper fuel should mean cheaper fares six months to election?
Enough of these last-minute tricks.
We see you. 2027 we are voting you out.
In the past 3 years, fuel prices have fluctuated between 1k, 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900, and 2k, you didn't think there was any need to regulate pump prices and transportation fare, CAMPAIGN don reach, all of a sudden, you now care!!!
You will not D.. well⚠️‼️
He removed fuel subsidy on day one & told you to your face that there was nothing he could do to cushion the rising inflation, biting hunger, & hardship. He didn’t stop there. This man hiked electricity tariffs & borrowed wetin no good.
Then he squandered everything. He devalued the currency 100% & supervised the worst corruption since 1984. He even tried to blame the governors for the Cost-of-Living Crises.
Now he’s talking cheap fuel, as if he was sworn in yesterday. As if he means anything he says.
He is talking CNG on paper after three years.
OBJ, UMY, GEJ, & PMB paid subsidy & did NAPEP, SURE-P, & NSIP. This one removed subsidy & told you to go fuck yourselves.
GOD GO PUNISH YOU !!! 😭😭😭
“CHEAPER FUEL MUST MEAN CHEAPER TRANSPORT FARES”: PRESIDENT TINUBU, GOVERNORS MOVE TO CUT TRANSPORT FARES NATIONWIDE
I am pleased with my discussion with the Governors’ Forum this afternoon. The Governors have, on their own initiative, resolved to take immediate measures to bring down the cost of transportation in their states, with a strong focus on leveraging the cost benefits of CNG and electric vehicles.
The Federal Government is already investing significantly in this energy transition. Through the Presidential CNG Initiative, over 120,000 vehicles have been converted nationwide, with more than 100,000 additional conversion kits in the works. At the same time, we continue to expand conversion centres and refuelling infrastructure nationwide.
The Federal Government, through the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund, is currently financing more than 100 gas projects across the country, including 15 CNG mother stations and 86 daughter stations. In May, I commissioned four of these projects in Lagos, Abuja and Owerri, including a 15-station refuelling network in Lagos and an Abuja facility that can serve 1,000 cars and tricycles and 50 trucks and buses a day.
I have also directed the additional rollout of another 500 CNG refuelling stations nationwide in addition to the 500 stations ordered earlier in the year by the Fund, bringing the programme to 1,000 stations across the country.
Intra-state transport is where Nigerians feel the cost most directly, and it is where the states hold the levers. I am encouraged that our Governors are moving to bring these benefits closer to the people they serve.
We have agreed to set up a joint Federal and State committee to begin implementing these measures immediately. A vehicle running on CNG spends 60 to 80 per cent less on fuel than one running on petrol.
From October 1, our goal is that Nigerians begin to partake in those savings through lower transport fares.
We have agreed that cheaper fuel should result in cheaper fares!
Each tier of government must keep doing its part and work together for the benefit of every Nigerian.
Nigeria First.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
The Aso Villa
Abuja
27 August, 2026
@NigeriaGov@NGRPresident
• Tax extortion
• Unauthorized tax debits
• High electricity bills
• High flight ticket fares
• High airport taxi fares
• High cost of gas and fuel
• High cost of tertiary education
• 15% VAT, 5% on fuel tax
• 30% capital gains tax