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Image123:
Phewww, at last you can mention me without having to be banned for vile remarks.
i am not a BATist anyway. i support and respect the president, and will defend him against useless opposition like the ones presented so far. By 2031, God sparing our lives, i'll again support, respect and defend the next most credible candidate by assessment. That's how free democracy works. i understand most of you haven't had such experience before.
As for your article, yes, as at 2025, Nigeria had turned the corner and was out of the brinks/bottom. That's right to say and data supported it. Nobody says we've arrived. BTW, the discussion and context is largely economic. No one knew the US and Iran would be at war. Projections and budgetting were not made by any country or body with that in mind. All the folks forecasting percentages of growth didn't factor in the Strait of Hormuz. It's an all-things-being-equal statement.
As situation is, there must still be some level of optimism coming from any leadership. No one feels happier or more confident for instance, hearing a minister say things are beyond control or apologising without hope or solution. A good leader must inspire hope and confidence. It's unfortunate if that gets past you. Though understandable since your leader and mentor Obi only glories in scavenging for bad news and misery.

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Stop assuming I am an Obi supporter.

The writer of this post must be under influence otherwise I do not understand the statistics being brandied about here. His motivation is far from being altruistic. He did not write based on verifiable facts but obviously on mundane intentions. Buhari and Tinubuleria are but a cause to Nigeria. Can you compare the prices of commodities now to OBJ and Jonathan's era? We are indeed in a mess!!!

Most of these people are illiterates, walayi!

How does this article defend Tinubu?

Until growth translates into security, jobs, stable power, and dignity for the majority, declarations of a comeback will remain what they are today: premature, disconnected, and unconvincing.

https://punchng.com/nigeria-back-from-the-brink/

Even the devil must be accused his due. Bunch of haters, no matter what.

Poverty Reduction Gains More Voters

https://www.modernghana.com/news/1480882/poverty-reduction-gain-more-voters-than-mercenarie.html

Image123:
Phewww, at last you can mention me without having to be banned for vile remarks.
i am not a BATist anyway. i support and respect the president, and will defend him against useless opposition like the ones presented so far. By 2031, God sparing our lives, i'll again support, respect and defend the next most credible candidate by assessment. That's how free democracy works. i understand most of you haven't had such experience before.
As for your article, yes, as at 2025, Nigeria had turned the corner and was out of the brinks/bottom. That's right to say and data supported it. Nobody says we've arrived. BTW, the discussion and context is largely economic. No one knew the US and Iran would be at war. Projections and budgetting were not made by any country or body with that in mind. All the folks forecasting percentages of growth didn't factor in the Strait of Hormuz. It's an all-things-being-equal statement.
As situation is, there must still be some level of optimism coming from any leadership. No one feels happier or more confident for instance, hearing a minister say things are beyond control or apologising without hope or solution. A good leader must inspire hope and confidence. It's unfortunate if that gets past you. Though understandable since your leader and mentor Obi only glories in scavenging for bad news and misery.

Psycho - Spiritual encounter

NaijaNaWaa:
It annoys me that Tinubu is addressed as president.

Hmmmmm

Memphis357:
Punch Newspapers must be high on cow urine.

Nigeria is truly on a "Rice"....😒😔

Read before commenting please it is necessary.

DeepSight:
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Stop assuming I am an Obi supporter.

Stop blind and lazy opposition. You're too shy to answer but intent to attack those that answer.
Are you an Obi supporter?
Are you an Atiku supporter?
Who do you support or suggest?

Image123:
Stop blind and lazy opposition. You're too shy to answer but intent to attack those that answer.
Are you an Obi supporter?
Are you an Atiku supporter?
Who do you support or suggest?

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STOP SYCOPHANCY.

DeepSight:
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STOP SYCOPHANCY.

i figured you were shy months ago, over here we say toothless bulldog.

Lolz, dem don ban am again. He's destined to misyarn, 99% emotions about Obi.

Image123:
Lolz, dem don ban am again. He's destined to misyarn, 99% emotions about Obi.

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Many times the bot bans even innocuous posts these days.

As to your post, even though I have a most dim view of you, I never thought you would descend to the level of those who assume all critics of the government are necessarily Obi supporters or Igbo.

WizardOfNG:
There is nothing to defend before a people who don't understand the problem let alone be aware of solutions required.

Nigeria's problems toady are deeply entrenched and highly debilitating because they are the results of decades upon decades of leaders failing to do the right thing.

Like running a car from new and never servicing it only to be blaming current owner for how bad the vehicle whereas the current owner is trying to rehabilitate the car properly and save it from total collapse due to it's negligent treatment at the hands of others.

The main problems of Nigeria, plaguing us till today, arose when Government became a vendor of shortcuts, through introduction of subsidy to deal with problems in virtually every critical sector instead of taking the sincere and holistic path to solutions provisions which may be more arduous short-term but is best for medium to long term national development and growth.

We damaged the oil, power, education sector and even currency convertibility power of Naira with subsidies. We killed manufacturing and agro-export sector, once a great contributor, to the economy of Nigeria.

Steel and many other industry we allowed to become moribund while newer sources of great wealth, lithium mining for example, we are not in a position to control as we became poor failing to do the right things meaning we need foreign capital and expertise for extractive mining putting us in a weak position over control of our own endowment.

These are sad realities we could have avoided if we had leaders who committed to doing the right things at every stage of our development as a nation instead of seeking shortcuts always as we are predisposed to doing as a people.

Leaders needed to fix problems and keep Nigerians happy at the same time. Instead of choosing the path of tough love as is always done elsewhere globally, because that approach is proven to always lead to permanent and much greater national glory, our own leaders opted to put plaster over a serious infection with numerous subsidies.

They chose that course of actions because of our propensity, as a people, for scamming rather than sincere and genuinely productive engagement that is always best when nation-building is concerned.

We are where we are today because Tinubu, before Nigeria collapses totally, is trying to show the requisite tough love Nigerian needs that leaders before him did not have the sincerity, vision or political will to operate with.

I will say it and repeat it a thousand times for those who are into self-improvement via learning. Singapore, a former colony of the UK as Nigeria, were where we are today decades ago i.e a near failed third world nation.

Today they are a great and developed nation. I wish Nigerian can go and learn in details how they reached the laudable position they are in today so they see glaringly that visionary leaders of Singapore, beginning with lee Kuan Yew, understood the need for critical reforms that must be implemented to save Singapore.

Thankfully Singaporeans too largely understood the problems to appreciate the solutions required and, crucially, the need to make personal sacrifices so that reforms can provide a better future in the medium to long term for Singapore.

Today, It is not a better future Singaporeans are enjoying. It is a glorious future that has made Singapore the nation with one of the strongest passports in the world regularly voted one
of the top three nations anyone can live in on Earth.

It is up to Nigerians to try and learn the problems so they can appreciate solutions required and what they must do to assist those solutions achieve their aims of a glorious future for our nation and future generation.

You are educated Sir, unlike many Nigerians. Critically focus on what is quoted below related to how Singaporeans embraced reforms, even if reluctantly, to note you should be educating less-informed Nigerians about a need to sacrifice ifoe a greater future instead of joining them wielding lynch mob sticks.

Tinubu's Goverment, as is right to do, is "focused on long-term survival rather than immediate popularity" as all our previous leaders preferred. Crucial that educated Nigerians make this distinction

I'm sorry but this is the most BS thing I've ever read. What tough love? The rich are earning millions off of our country's wealth while millions are in poverty. I don't understand your subsidy argument.

Subsidy is a tool for nation building. it is supposed to reduce the prices for the common folk so that a country can build infrastructure and wean off of it. If there is productivity then it acts as a productivity booster because a happy population is a productive population.

Removing subsidy without a plan is meaningless and it's clear there was no plan at all. Not even to mention the floating the currency of a non-industrial nation which should alone be proof that there is no plan for industrialization because you float when your country has a strong manufacturing base but what do we manufacture? I don't mean raw materials or crops, What manufactured goods do we actually make that people want?. We had subsidies at the peak of the economy at 2015 we removed them and the economy continues to crash. Why is that? Don't you remember when Buhari banned importing rice to increase food security? In the end. we still import rice and that makes up our surplus rice. The ban was meaningless and the imports continued. What makes you think this will not happen with subsidies?

https://businessday.ng/news/article/nigeria-to-shut-rice-import-windows-as-data-exposes-farmers-losses/

In Singapore, The state actively pursued corrupt at the state and federal level something this country doesn't do seriously not to mention they are a very strategic place in Asia as well have having fewer people than a lot of state in Nigeria. It's a nonsense comparison to begin with.