{"id":16891,"date":"2025-09-07T11:21:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=16891"},"modified":"2025-09-07T11:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:31:18","slug":"16891","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/07\/16891\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC Will Defeat Tinubu in 2027, Reverse Fuel Subsidy Removal and Naira Float \u2013 Senator Felix Ogunwale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator Felix Ogunwale, has declared that his party is determined to defeat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 election and reverse some of his economic policies, including the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Ogunwale, who represented Osun Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, made this known during a live programme on Adamimogo 93.1 FM, Lagos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He vowed that if the ADC is voted into power, petrol would be sold at \u20a6300 per litre, while the exchange rate would be stabilized at a level \u201cacceptable to all Nigerians.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The former senator lamented that the policies of the Tinubu administration had inflicted more hardship on citizens, stressing that the President met the naira at \u20a6700 to the dollar but it now exchanges at over \u20a61,500.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Ogunwale controversially argued that Nigeria is wealthy enough to distribute \u20a6100 million to each of its over 200 million citizens without difficulty, but admitted that corruption remains a major obstacle, as even the youth accuse leaders of mismanagement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Expressing worry over worsening poverty, he alleged that some Nigerians are now dying of hunger due to policies of the current administration. He added that while a revolution could have been an alternative, it often comes with heavy loss of lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">On insecurity, Ogunwale recalled the words of late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, who said banditry or terrorism cannot last 24 hours without the backing of those in power. He expressed fears that worsening insecurity could threaten the conduct of the 2027 general elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Reacting to Zamfara State Governor\u2019s claim that insecurity could end in a few months if granted full support by the federal government, Ogunwale expressed doubts, noting that such authority may never be given to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He also warned against Nigeria sliding into a one-party state, following alleged harassment of opposition members by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). According to him, former Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, is \u201cfighting back\u201d because he feels betrayed by President Tinubu.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Senator Felix Ogunwale, has declared that his party is determined to defeat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16891"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16895,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16891\/revisions\/16895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}