‘Subsidy removal is starvation, not reform’ — Vatsa backs Atiku, urges Tinubu to rethink policy

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Key context: <img width="2560" height="1868" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Niger-State-Jonathan-Vatsa.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Niger-State-Jonathan-Vatsa.jpg 2560w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Niger-State-Jonathan-Vatsa-300x219.jpg 300w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Niger-State-Jonathan-Vatsa-1024x747.jpg 1024w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Niger-State-Jonathan-Vatsa-1536x1121.jpg 1536w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Niger-State-Jonathan-Vatsa-2048x1494.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" /><p>A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Niger State, Hon. Jonathan Vatsa, has backed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s criticism of the Federal Government’s fuel subsidy removal, urging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to reconsider the policy. Vatsa, a former Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism in the state, said Nigerians had been “shortchanged [&#8230;]</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/23/subsidy-removal-is-starvation-not-reform-vatsa-backs-atiku-urges-tinubu-to-rethink-policy/">‘Subsidy removal is starvation, not reform’ — Vatsa backs Atiku, urges Tinubu to rethink policy</a></p> This development from dailypost.ng highlights ongoing changes in the sector.