CITIZENS COMPASS—Amidst growing concern over the proposed 5% fuel tax in Nigeria, the Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that this could tamper with his chances of winning the 2027 presidential election.
Primate Ayodele sounded the warning in a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin. He said the policy risks being misinterpreted by many Nigerians just as the fuel subsidy removal.
The statement reads, “Tinubu should look into the five percent fuel tax well. They will misinterpret it, and it will count as a minus for Tinubu’s second-term ambition.
“They will use it to campaign against him. The policy will be one-sided in the long run, and some governors will kick against it.
“Tinubu needs to work on the taxation issue; it’s becoming too much. He should not let it be like the subsidy removal days,” he said.
