An economy that cannot be compared with the UAE, India, Japan or Singapore is not a growing economy. We’re living in our worst days. ~Dr Paul Alaje Paul Alaje, is a Chief Economist Analyst and former OAU student Union president (2009/2010). I can never forget that year.

1. Tinubu met poverty rate at 56% took it to 64% 2. Tinubu met MPR (interest rates) at 18.5% took it to 26.5% 3. Tinubu met public debt at N87t took it to N159t 4. Tinubu met zero presidential yacht, he added one 5. Tinubu met one Boeing , he added an airbus to Presidential fleet 6. Tinubu met ISIS, he added Lakurawa 7. I will not mention fuel price and exchange rate, I don’t want to annoy people “Na Statistics we go chop”

Subsidy is the only thing the govt can do that will affect the poor directly. Anyone against it, is against poor Nigerians

Well said

Pre subsidy removal consumption May 2023 was 47 million litres daily with queues. Price N 197 Today's consumption still 47 million litres daily but without queues. Price N 1,205 And why did U think consumption has remained at 2023 level today,despite sharp hike in price Ostensibly smuggling to neighbouring Countries where prices are much higher than Nigeria's Imagine the effect of your most ignorant proposal to bring back subsidy. Let political discourse runs on rationalisation not on foolhardiness.

1. Not creating jobs 2. Not producing consumption 3. Prices still rising I can go on

I am not the handle you do this with 1. Under Tinubu, Dangote Refinery was tagged by the regulators as operating without a license and selling inferior products. This is a fact 2. The reforms of OBJ, GEJ, Buhari, and BAT ensured the Dangote refinery was built. Go back and look up which President approved $ for the Dangote refinery when it was just an idea and struggling to source forex. This excessive singular personal praise is anthropolatry, not economics. 3. Naira for crude is not a slam dunk for Nigeria. Dangote should pay for crude in USD. He exports and earns $. Is anyone giving food or medical importers the same incentives? 4. Non-oil exports in Nigeria are actually oil and gas-based exports. In terms of export earnings, Nigeria is still largely a mono-exporter; we have not diversified much. See top three NON-OIL exporters. Dangote and Eleme are, in my view, oil- and gas-based companies. Dangote fertilizer is from urea. Starlink is Cocoa 1. Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemical Ltd 13.13% 2. Dangote Fertilizer Ltd 8.41% 3. Starlink Global & Ideal Ltd 8.06% I have been tweeting and commenting on economics and personal finance on social media before you suddenly became a patriotic Nigerian. Look me up. What were President Tinubu's main economic actions? 1. Removal of PMS subsidy and 2. removal of FX Subsidy 3. Tax Reform. Look at my TL and see if I have supported or castigated these reforms. I took my time and ran extensive explainers on the positives of these policies; has anyone beaten me? If anything, the abuse has come from one side The problem is that you want people to worship a mortal; I can't. When the President removed the subsidy on FX, I praised him; when the President allowed food inflation to spike, I called him out. I hope when Tinubu leaves office, you can continue this patriotic drive. Regards

By Making Excuses for Unverified Certificates, We Are Planting Poison in the Soul of Our Society A nation that tolerates unverified academic credentials at any level of leadership, regardless of who is involved, risks destroying the very standards upon which a society is built. The issue is not about an individual. It is about standards, accountability, and the values we choose to pass on to the next generation. We cannot continue to excuse blurred, missing, questionable, or unverified credentials simply because they belong to someone we support. The process through which people attain positions of responsibility matters greatly. How we get into leadership is as important as what we do with leadership. If we normalise the abandonment of basic verification today, tomorrow we may have professors who never attended a university, doctors who never studied medicine, and judges who never studied law. That is the dangerous precedent we must never allow. Nigeria cannot sacrifice its future on the altar of today's transactional politics. We must build a society where truth is not partisan, standards are not negotiable, and accountability applies equally to everyone. History will judge us not only by those we defended, but by the principles we were willing to defend. We must choose truth over convenience, standards over sentiments, and the future over political expediency. A New Nigeria is possible, but only if we are willing to do the right thing, even when it is inconvenient. -PO

Until yesterday, I saw this purely as a waste of state resources, but after seeing that they have kept doing it for decades, I decided to look deeper. The socio-economic data tells a different story. These mass weddings are functioning as targeted wealth redistribution and a major stimulus for the informal sector. These programs don't target the middle class; they target demographics priced out of the traditional family structure: orphans, widows of insecurity, and the extreme poor. Of course, culturally, a poor person doesn't see marrying more than one wife as an issue 🤣. The package (like Kano’s ₦1m) is essentially a direct asset transfer. It’s not cash for a party. It’s seed capital, foodstuff, and household assets. For destitute individuals, this serves as the foundational capital to start a micro-business and establish a self-sustaining household economy where traditional banking/credit fails. Now, follow the procurement money. Sourcing wardrobes, beds, and textiles for 1,500 couples acts as a massive localised stimulus package. By procuring locally, billions are injected directly into the grassroots informal economy, keeping artisans, tailors, and traders liquid. There’s also a hidden public health calculation. A strict prerequisite for these weddings is medical screening (Genotype, HIV, Hepatitis). For states with strained healthcare budgets, preventing congenital or terminal diseases saves billions in long-term public health costs. Finally, risk mitigation. The family unit is the primary social safety net here. A large demographic of unsupported widows or disenfranchised, unattached youth is a major security risk. Facilitating stable households acts as a preventative welfare and security measure. Are there better long-term investments? Absolutely. Education and infrastructure must take priority. But good public policy analysis requires looking at cultural context. What looks like "misplaced priorities" on paper is actually a highly adapted, grassroots safety net.

I will bring back fuel subsidy - Omoyele Sowore, Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC).

When will this clownish behavior stop?

If you call Buhari dismal then Tinubu will be called what 😂😂😂😂 judging by his performance fuel from 210 to 1400 ,dollar from 350 to 1400 De play

The agency was created to siphon cash from the budget and distribute it to politicians. You know it I know it The Press knows it All this English they are blowing online is to buy time so Nigerians forget it and move on. If the opposition parties had a shadow economic desk, they would feast on this. This is a system-side corruption scandal.