i hate it when i see the masses arguing and shouting in defence of politicians and regarding them as saints just because they represent a certain political party
bro, i don’t exclude any politician from this. they are deceivers regardless of which political party they belong to. i wish our people understood this
they don’t really want to help the people they are representing. thou, i don’t even see it as helping; it’s simply taking responsibility for what they were voted to do.
interesting timing
it’s only after his opposition started talking about bringing back fuel subsidies if elected that we’re now hearing about cheaper transport fares and the benefits nigerians should get from cheaper fuel
if these measures are genuinely meant to ease the burden on Nigerians, they should not depend on election season or political pressure
Nigerians need policies that work consistently not promises that suddenly become attractive when elections are approaching.
“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
as the election gets closer, politicians will start making all sorts of fake promises and telling people what they want to hear just to win their votes and gain power.
Politicians often hand out things like cassava stems, cooking pots, sugar cane, sweaters, goats, and bags of water as empowerments.
They also organize massive wedding empowerments in the north.
Politicians don't really want to help poor people, and we haven't understood that.