2027: I Will Target ₦300 Petrol Price If Elected President – Duke
Former Cross River State Governor and Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) presidential candidate, Donald Duke, has said he would target a petrol price of about ₦300 per litre if elected president in 2027. Duke made the…
Petrol prices have been a central economic and political flashpoint in Nigeria since the Tinubu administration removed longstanding fuel subsidies in 2023, a move that saw pump prices jump multiple times over, fuelling inflation and public hardship. With the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and private refiners, including the Dangote refinery, now shaping local supply and pricing dynamics, the cost of petrol remains one of the most sensitive cost-of-living issues ahead of the 2027 general election.
Donald Duke, a two-term governor of Cross River State and now the Peoples Redemption Party's presidential candidate, is positioning fuel affordability as a core campaign promise. The coverage across Leadership, Daily Trust and Punch is consistent in reporting his pledge to target a petrol price of about ₦300 per litre if elected, though none of the reports yet detail the specific policy mechanisms — such as subsidy reinstatement, local refining expansion, or exchange-rate interventions — he would use to achieve that price point.