Tinubu Rejects Fuel Subsidy Return, Focuses on 2027 Election

On October 16, 2026, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President of Nigeria, addressed a forum titled ‘Together till 2027: An Evening with Original City Boy’, organized by the City Boy Movement in collaboration with the Relax-Tinubu-Is-Fixing-Nigeria movement. He declared that he would not reinstate the fuel subsidy, which he removed to prevent Nigeria from heading towards bankruptcy.

Tinubu criticized former Vice President Atiku Abubakar for his pledge to restore the subsidy, likening the removal to the biblical exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. He stated that Nigeria could not return to past policies and emphasized that the country was on a path of economic growth.

Tinubu encouraged his supporters to view the January 16, 2027 presidential election as a contest for their future, rather than solely for his political ambition. He acknowledged the difficulties faced in the past three years and defended his administration's tough decisions, including the Students Loan Act, which has supported over one million students through the Nigerian Education Loan Fund.