President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday declared that opposition candidates promising to restore fuel subsidy if elected as President of Nigeria are liars.
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Atiku Abubakar, and that of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi, had promised to restore fuel subsidy if elected in 2027.
Recall that Tinubu had declared an end to fuel subsidy during his presidential inauguration in 2023. 
However, speaking during a campaign rally in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, Tinubu said, “Those who think they should bring subsidy back are liars. How will you pay for those commitments? How will you repair the roads? How will you maintain them? How will you function?
“The labourers, the granite suppliers, the rock suppliers they are eating and they are surviving.”
Tinubu also disclosed that money recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will be used to fund NELFUND.
“We have taken away the problem of education of the children by establishing the NELFUND. NELFUND is our weapon against poverty and we will continue in that direction.
“Every money recovered from irregularities by the EFCC is now directed to NELFUND to educate our children,” he said.
