*Tunde Rahman, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Special Duties to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Director of Media and Publicity of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, in Imo State, reaffirms the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy is justified by several infrastructure and development projects across the country
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The Nigerian Presidency has defended the Federal Government’s removal of fuel subsidy.
The government said the growing number of infrastructure and development projects in Imo State had demonstrated that the policy is yielding tangible benefits to Nigerians.
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Tunde Rahman, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Special Duties to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who spoke in his capacity as the Director of Media and Publicity of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, stated this Wednesday, July 15, 2026, during the group’s media tour of Federal Government projects in Owerri, Imo State capital, South-East Nigeria.
Rahman said the Federal and the State government projects, which the delegation inspected reflected the impact of increased funding available to governments following the subsidy removal and underscored the importance of collaboration between the Federal Government and states.
The Director of Media and Publicity of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors also said: “From all the projects we have seen so far, we can confirm the beauty and significance of states being in alignment with the centre for the purpose of development.”
He cited the Federal Government’s upgrade of the Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education and improvements at the Federal University Teaching Hospital in Owerri as evidence of the administration’s commitment to development.
Rahman stated: “We can see that Governor Hope Uzodimma has executed essentially Federal Government projects.
“He is doing it to support the Federal Government in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda.”
According to him, TETFund projects at the institution and large number of students from Imo State and the South-East in general who are benefiting from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) have further demonstrated the administration’s focus on expanding access to education in the West African country.
Rahman argued that the subsidy removal was a carefully considered policy, saying funds freed from the programme were now being channelled into projects with direct economic and social benefits.
He intoned: “It also shows that the removal of subsidy is a well-thought-out decision. “The governors of the states the Renewed Hope Ambassador Media Tour has visited have confirmed that making funds available has helped them to implement projects.
“If the full benefits have not come to some states till now, they will come in no distant time.”