Oil
You can’t ask Moses to return to Egypt, Tinubu tells subsidy critics
CEII brief
Punch reported on 19 Oct 2026: You can’t ask Moses to return to Egypt, Tinubu tells subsidy critics.
Read the full story on PunchPresident Bola Tinubu has likened calls for a return to fuel subsidy to asking Moses to return to Egypt, insisting Nigeria cannot afford the policy.
Context from CEII
Crude benchmarks move budgets, currencies and inflation in producer and importer countries alike. For economies such as Nigeria, where fuels dominate exports, production and refining decisions move the whole economy.
9.8% of Egypt’s merchandise exports were fuels in 2025Countries in this story
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