Atiku’s subsidy plan failed under Obasanjo – Presidency

The Presidency has said that Atiku Abubakar’s plan to subsidise crude for local refineries failed when it implemented under former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration.

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Otega Ogra, Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on digital and new media, made the point while reacting to the proposal by the former vice-president for a production subsidy for local refineries.

Ogra wrote on X (Twitter): “Excuse me, sir. Nigeria already tried your production-subsidy to local refineries idea while you were Vice President. We know the shambolic results of that production subsidy. You know it too.”
Ogra said Warri…