APC: Stop manufacturing figures, attaching to my proposal – Atiku to Tinubu’s aide, Ogra

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday, accused President Bola Tinubu’s Senior Advisor on Digital/New Media, O’tega Ogra, of manufacturing figures and attaching them to his proposal on production subsidy to local refineries in Nigeria.

Atiku had said his proposed production subsidy would support locally refined crude, reduce the cost of fuel production and ultimately make petrol and other essential goods more affordable for Nigerians.

But the presidency said Atiku’s proposal failed while he was vice president during the past administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Posting on X, Ogra wrote: “Nigeria already tried your…