The governor of Oyo State and presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, Seyi Makinde, has criticised the economic policies of the All Progressives Congress-led administration under President Bola Tinubu, describing the simultaneous removal of fuel subsidy and floating of the naira as a double blow to the welfare of Nigerians.
Makinde, represented by a national leader of the party, Mr Babatunde Tijani, disclosed this on Monday in Abeokuta during the unveiling of the APM deputy governorship candidate for the state, Mrs Deborah Abosede Akinlade, as well as both the House of Assembly and National Assembly candidates for the state ahead of the 2027 elections.
Makinde lamented that no nation could withstand the twin economic shocks implemented by the APC government without adequate cushioning measures.
The governor said, “How can a person just decide one day that he will remove the fuel subsidy without any cushioning effect or any palliative
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