Opinions on whether removal of fuel subsidy Nigeria was worth impact 2023, by gender

In a survey conducted in 2023, 46 percent of men in Nigeria reported that they did not think that the fuel subsidy removal decision taken by the Nigerian federal government was worth the impact, while 46 percent of respondents said that they believed that this decision was worth the impact. On the other hand, 58 percent of women believed the decision was not worth the impact, while 40 percent of women thought it was worth it. Only one percent of men and two percent of women reported that they did not know or refused to answer. According to the source, this decision was taken by the government to lighten its economic burdens, as the cost of maintaining the fuel subsidy has increased over the years.