The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has promised to restore fuel subsidy in Nigeria if elected President in the 2027 general election. Asked if he would reinstate fuel subsidy if elected, Sowore replied, “Absolutely.” He argued that despite the removal of petrol subsidy, the federal government was still subsidising other aspects of the economy, including the naira. “In fact, the people that get the most subsidy in Nigeria is not the poor, it’s the rich. Sowore also linked the removal of petrol subsidy to the depreciation of the naira and the worsening economic conditions in the country.