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Fuel subsidy
Peter Obi · NDC
Phase out with parallel investment in mass transit and direct cash transfers.
Bola Tinubu · APC
Removed on day one of administration; cash transfers rolled out unevenly thereafter.
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How the NDC and APC standard-bearers compare on the economy, security, and governance heading into 2027.
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How the NDC and APC standard-bearers compare on the economy, security, and governance heading into 2027.
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Peter Obi
NDC
Bola Tinubu
APC
Peter Obi · NDC
Phase out with parallel investment in mass transit and direct cash transfers.
Bola Tinubu · APC
Removed on day one of administration; cash transfers rolled out unevenly thereafter.
Peter Obi · NDC
Build reserves through productive exports; restore CBN independence.
Bola Tinubu · APC
Float-and-unify approach; significant naira depreciation since June 2023.
Peter Obi · NDC
State police, intelligence-led operations, address poverty drivers.
Bola Tinubu · APC
Federal-led force expansion, no clear state-police framework yet.
Peter Obi · NDC
Independent prosecutorial bodies and end-to-end government digitisation.
Bola Tinubu · APC
Continuation of EFCC/ICPC mandates with limited structural reform.
The case for Obi
The NDC platform proposes structural reform — diversifying productive output, professionalising security, and digitising government — over incremental fixes to the existing institutional setup. On every topic above, the difference is direction of travel, not just degree.
Read the underlying Obi positions in detail on the issues channel, where each policy area links back to the relevant manifesto excerpt. For the live sentiment movement that quantifies how the country is actually responding, open the overview dashboard.
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