Yustaq

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#MUFC ❤

[Yustaq @yustaq1]

@atiku;

Is the most issue based presidential candidate in the last three presidential election in Nigeria.

Has the best policy documents in the last three presidential election

His policy documents is Nigeria most relatable and most realistic economy solution.

[Ike God @IkeGod_]

Reversing Tinubu's May 29, 2023 Fuel Subsidy Removal: The Issues Before Nigerians Vote In 2027?

I am seizing this medium to salute the courage of the Presidential candidate of the main opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC), His Excellency Atiku Abubakar, for shaping the 2027 presidential electioneering campaign in Nigeria to be issue-based. This is the kind of politics that ardent students of contemporary Nigerian history and politics like us love to see and play. This is American Politics 101.

Subsidy Removal or Reversal?

In private and public fora, I have continued to strongly support Atiku's proposition of reversing the ill-advised, economic-strangulating May 29, 2023, fuel subsidy removal policy by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) regime of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, when elected by millions of Nigerians next year.

I have opined on several private and public fora, and will continue to stand on the hill that the Dangote Refinery with a refining capacity of 650,000 barrels per day can optimally meet Nigeria's local consumption petrol needs guesstimated at about 33 million liters or less per day. Note: 1 barrel of crude can produce about 70 to 75 liters of petrol (gasoline). Only the Dangote Refinery with a refining capacity of 650,000 barrels per day can optimally produce 45.5 million liters of petrol per day. Nigerians have never consumed 45.5 million liters of petrol per day since independence on October 1, 1960, to date. I stand to be challenged on any national television.

So, the Bola Tinubu APC led regime does not have any need to keep importing costly refined petrol into the Nigerian market. Per Dangote Refinery, around 43% of the petrol supply in Nigeria for July 2026 was imported. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) claims Nigeria imported 19.7 million liters of petrol for July 2026. The Dangote Refinery and other sources disagree.

Just like the Waziri Adamawa has proposed, corroborated by the Dangote Refinery; the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), among other stakeholders in the oil and gas industry, Nigeria has no business importing refined crude at exorbitant and out-of-reach prices for millions of struggling Nigerian people.

I strongly affirm that 100% local refining and cutting the cost of production for oil companies by various subsidized policies such as slashing the cost of royalties for lands, tax holidays, subsidized selling rates for local consumption needs, among other public policy rollouts will help to steeply tank the pump price of petrol for millions of struggling Nigerians in Nigeria by more than 50%.

[Yustaq @yustaq1]

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[Oluwaseun "SUBSIDY" Ajede @oluwaseun_ajede]

Go and explain FTSE Russell to Danladi in Jigawa, or Iya Suraju that can't afford oku eko fish in Bodija.

[Otunba Kappachino® @im_Kappachino]

Atiku’s message on fuel subsidy is beginning to resonate at the grassroots for a simple reason: people vote based on the reality they live, not macroeconomic theories.

When a family is buying fuel at ₦1,400, paying more for transport and watching food prices rise, the promise of reforms can feel distant.

For many Nigerians, ₦300 fuel that immediately lowers the cost of transportation and food is a more tangible benefit than macroeconomic indicators they cannot feel in their pockets.

Politics is ultimately about how people experience government in their everyday lives.

[Christy Uloko @christyUloko]

I support cheaper transport fares. In fact, Nigerians desperately need them.

But I think we need to look at this beyond: “CNG is cheaper, therefore transport fares should come down.”

Yes, CNG can reduce the fuel cost of running a vehicle. But the person driving that vehicle is still living in the same Nigeria as the rest of us.

That driver still pays rent.

He still buys food.

He still pays electricity bills.

He still buys tyres, engine oil, spare parts and pays for repairs.

His children still need school fees.

The market woman who sells food to him is also facing higher costs.

So the real question is not only, “How much will he save on fuel?”

The question is, “After reducing his transport fare, how much of that saving will actually remain in his pocket?”

This is why I keep saying that economic policies must be looked at as a complete system.

You cannot reduce one cost and ignore ten other costs swallowing the same income.

If government wants cheaper transport to genuinely improve Nigerians' lives, then implementation has to go beyond CNG.

We need serious attention to the cost of food.

We need stronger consumer protection against arbitrary price increases.

We need a proper framework for rent regulation and tenant protection.

Imagine someone paying ₦1.5 million rent today and being told to pay ₦3 million the next time, with no meaningful renovation or improvement to the property.

Yes, it is the landlord's property.

But housing is also a basic necessity.

There should be a legal framework that prevents arbitrary rent increases and establishes a reasonable percentage by which rent can be increased within a given period, while allowing fair exceptions where substantial improvements have actually been made.

And this should not be something controlled by landlords or people who are completely disconnected from the realities of ordinary tenants.

There should be an independent and properly structured regulatory mechanism involving government, landlords, tenants and professionals who understand the housing market.

The same principle should apply to other essential goods and services.

Because what is the point of saving ₦500 on transportation if food takes another ₦2,000 from your pocket?

What is the point of cheaper transportation if your landlord doubles your rent?

What is the point of lower transport fares if electricity, school fees, healthcare and basic household expenses keep swallowing every naira you earn?

The problem is not just the price of transportation. The problem is the cost of living.

So yes, make transport cheaper.

But do not stop there.

Make the entire economy more affordable for the people who actually earn the money that keeps it moving.

And please, let implementation be taken seriously.

We have heard beautiful policies before. The real test is what happens after the announcement.

Put competent, energetic and accountable people in charge of implementation. Give them measurable targets. Monitor the results. Publish the progress.

And where people deliberately sabotage implementation or divert the benefits meant for ordinary Nigerians, there must be serious consequences.

Good policies do not change people's lives. Good policies that are properly implemented do.

Nigeria needs both.

[Yustaq @yustaq1]

It seems the APC folks are not getting the message, they're still regurgitating the fact that they're giving state governors more money after "subsidy is gone" and Poverty is ravaging.

[Sunday Dare,CON @SundayDareSD]

The Arithmetic Flaw in "Subsidizing the Barrel"
Atiku’s proposition to sell crude to local refineries at "preferential prices" sounds attractive until you look at the fiscal math:
•Who Pays the Bill? Selling federation crude below market price creates an immediate fiscal hole in the Federation Account, directly slashing allocations to federal, state, and local governments for schools, hospitals, and security.

•Distorting the Domestic Market: Preferential crude allocations risk creating artificial monopolies, destabilizing smaller indigenous modular refiners, and violating the clear deregulatory provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA).

•The Return of Smuggling: Any regime that creates a wide gap between Nigerian pump prices and neighboring West African markets guarantees a return of cross-border fuel arbitrage, no matter how many "auditors" are promised.

This idea is an economic safari. Applying painkillers to a festering wound.

[Dos Santos @MyksonDosSantos]

@woye1 @atiku Take Atiku to court with your evidence of Obasanjo’s book and also call Obasanjo to testify in court😂😂😂

[There are lots of poets... @WAL75751]

@biolakazeem Pardon me but it's an evergreen observation
See where they play
How they play
*If* they play

[Yustaq @yustaq1]

@venusakingba How do you bring back someone who spent the last 18 months looking for a new challenge after he said he want to go?
If we sign "obertan" has his replacement, so be it.
He should leave

[Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 @emmaikumeh]

Court of Appeal to Justice Peter Lifu: Any Judge who disrespects the order of a superior court is unfit to be on the Bench.

Justice Lifu should be sanctioned

[Yustaq @yustaq1]

@R_o_M You can't honour what you despise.
Move on bro...
We no longer honour sh*t here.

[Tahsin Haque @TahsinHaque89]

@R_o_M I love how his intention to earn fuck loads and leaving for free got phrased as "honouring the contract" 😂

[Yustaq @yustaq1]

@biolakazeem Looking for that new challenge is important to me and relieve for the club than "honour" his remaining contract.
I hope Carrick will not be that stupid to retain him.

[Yustaq @yustaq1]

There is no honour in been inconsistent, rejected and replaced by your "new challenge" only to turn around to "honour" your contract while sitting on £350k a week when you stated earlier you will not honour your contract by wanting out.

[centredevils. @centredevils]

🚨🚨🌕| JUST IN: Marcus Rashford has a £40m clause available to all admirers - bar Liverpool and Manchester City - and a number of Premier League teams have expressed interest.

However, if Rashford goes back to Manchester United, it is believed his preference would be to honour the remaining 24 months on his contract there rather than join an English team.

[@David_Ornstein]

[Ose Anenih, CPM @ose_anenih]

I would never ask anyone to not pursue their constitutional rights. Not Atiku, not Obi, not Sowore.

Democracy’s plurality - of candidates, of ideas, of parties, of policy platforms - is its strength.

Do the hard work of convincing people to vote for your candidate; or of negotiating alliances that help you achieve your goal.

[Adam @AdamJoseph]

#1 in Chances Created since Bruno Fernandes joined Manchester United:

136 - Bruno Fernandes 25/26
119 - Bruno Fernandes 22/23
114 - Bruno Fernandes 23/24
95 - Bruno Fernandes 20/21
91 - Bruno Fernandes 24/25
90 - Trent Alexander-Arnold 21/22*

*89 - Bruno Fernandes 21/22

The league changes year to year, the style of the league adapts, yet he remains at the forefront of excellence.

[Liam Canning @LiamPaulCanning]

The best to ever do it. Bar none.

[Ilemona @I_Am_Ilemona]

An entire football era came to an end today sha.

- Pep, Stones & Bernardo Silver leaving City.
- Salah & Robertson leaving Liverpool.
- James Milner & Solly March leaving Brighton.
- Seamus Coleman & Mykolenko leaving Everton.
- Casemiro leaving United.
- West Ham getting relegated.

An emotional day in the premier league

[utdreport @utdreport]

Bruno Fernandes is now joint-top for most assists (21) in a single season across Europe’s top five leagues:

21 assists — Lionel Messi (2019/20)
21 assists — Thomas Müller (2019/20)
21 assists — Bruno Fernandes (2025/26)

Magnifico.

[Premier League @premierleague]

🏆 @EASPORTSFC Player of the Season Saturday
🌟 A goal and assist on Sunday

Bruno Fernandes is him 😤