Nigeria, Sept. 14 -- Chief of Staff to the President and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described President Bola Tinubu's removal of fuel subsidy as "an act of extraordinary statesmanship", a decision he insisted was driven by long-term national interest, not electoral calculations.

Gbajabiamila made the remark at the 2025 Southern Summit of Former Legislators held in Abeokuta, Ogun State, where political heavyweights, including former Senate President Ken Nnamani, ex-Speakers Yakubu Dogara and Patricia Etteh, as well as Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, gathered under the theme: "National Unity: Bedrock of Nation Building."

According to him, Tinubu's reforms; from abolishing subsidy to pushing th...