{"id":51523,"date":"2024-10-10T15:55:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T15:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=51523"},"modified":"2024-10-10T18:55:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T18:55:56","slug":"atiku-blasts-tinubu-over-fuel-price-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/10\/10\/atiku-blasts-tinubu-over-fuel-price-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Atiku Blasts Tinubu over Fuel Price Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Economic experts and concerned citizens have raised alarm over the government&#8217;s handling of the fuel subsidy, attributing the current economic downturn to what they describe as a &#8220;haphazard and disingenuous&#8221; approach by the current administration. The mismanagement of fuel subsidy funds has exacerbated inflation, leading to a sharp rise in the cost of living, which is affecting the material well-being of millions of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As things stand, there will be no let up in the escalating inflation rate, which is drowning the material well-being of Nigerians,&#8221; said Atiku, a vocal critic of the administration\u2019s economic policies. The inflationary pressures have led to soaring food prices, fuel costs, and reduced purchasing power for the average citizen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Even more concerning, according to Atiku, is the apparent indifference shown by influential figures. &#8220;It is even more worrying that T-pain is undisturbed by the hardship in the country,&#8221; Atiku added, calling attention to the lack of visible empathy or intervention from key personalities amidst the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rising inflation and economic hardship have led to widespread discontent, with many questioning the government&#8217;s ability to manage the country&#8217;s economic challenges effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economic experts and concerned citizens have raised alarm over the government&#8217;s handling of the fuel subsidy, attributing the current economic downturn to what they describe as a &#8220;haphazard and disingenuous&#8221; approach by the current administration. The mismanagement of fuel subsidy funds has exacerbated inflation, leading to a sharp rise in the cost of living, which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":51527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51523"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51556,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51523\/revisions\/51556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}