Author: Murtala Adogi Mohammed, PhD

TWO years after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made the bold decision to remove the fuel subsidy—a policy move hailed for freeing up substantial fiscal space—the question remains: Where has the money gone? While the President has significantly increased allocations to state governors, with many states now receiving triple what they used to get, the development outcomes remain disappointingly uneven—especially in Northern Nigeria. Apart from the visible construction of flyovers and a few roads, can we honestly point to any Northern state where the subsidy windfall has translated into real, measurable improvements in health, education, or youth empowerment? In the last…