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President Tinubu becomes first Nigerian president to receive proposed UN budget.

Nigerians Will Pay Fuel Tax When The Economy Becomes Stable — Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has said the Federal Government will introduce fuel taxes when the economy stabilises and citizens’ incomes can accommodate the extra costs. He disclosed this in an interview with ARISE News on the sidelines of the 2026 IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, explaining that the government would first consolidate its economic reforms, restore growth and improve household earnings. Oyedele said imposing additional levies immediately after petrol subsidy removal would have worsened Nigerians’ hardship. “You remove subsidy, you can’t immediately impose taxes. That would be insensitive. You push the people to the wall,” he said. The minister noted that fuel taxes account for between 20 and 80 per cent of petroleum prices in some countries, while several African nations impose multiple levies on fuel products. He said the proposed revenue would support infrastructure and help the country prepare for future disruptions in fuel supply. “Not because we want to impose taxes, it will be because those amounts of taxes will be dedicated into road infrastructure, they’ll be dedicated into building our fuel reserve, that can help us moderate prices of fuel products, if anything happens,” he explained. According to Oyedele, the arrangement could also allow the government to suspend the levies temporarily when necessary to cushion the effects of market shocks. “This is what more than 50 countries around the world, they were reducing the taxes, but we had no taxes, there was nothing to reduce,” he added. “There has to be an order published in the gazette by the finance minister, which means we can’t do it in secret,” he said. Oyedele maintained that the taxes would only be introduced when economic conditions improved sufficiently and Nigerians could understand the reasons for the policy and its expected benefits.

"Each state should get ₦250bn from NLNG dividends, but FG has spent it. They said they won't pay state governors until after the 2027 elections. Are elections more important than development?" — Gov Seyi Makinde

Tinubu has touched millions of lives in the past three years. He doesn’t even need to campaign for reelection, INEC SHOULD ANNOUNCE HIM WINNER… Cost of living has gone down, inflation is gone, NELFUND and the coastal road are among his achievements. ~~ Obafemi George, APC campaign director! These guys are experts in propaganda; they recruit the finest brains that lie effortlessly.

Cultists Renovated a Police Station in Rivers State.

EFCC reopens Atiku case over 2006 corruption report vanguardngr.com/2026/10/efcc…