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Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by ZombieDredd: 12:02pm On Mar 27
Subsidy is gone!!! grin

But where is the money?

Tinubu ole!!
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by ZombieDredd: 12:04pm On Mar 27
BlackViper:
My question is, of what use are educational qualifications in Nigeria when it comes to judging competence?

How is it that a man who never saw the 4 walls of a university was better able to manage Nigeria’s economy than a man who was allegedly trained in one of the best universities in the United States?
Allegedly!
grin grin grin grin grin

Chief accountant isonu.... grin
Master strategist for incompetence
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Wispower: 12:04pm On Mar 27
oyebanji:
This is being clever by half. What is the dollar value of the loans for the 2 periods?
To put this in context, under Buhari, Naira to USD was averagely N320 while under Tinubu its averagle N1400. At Buharis N75trn and Tinubu's N65trn, loans under Burai is $234bn while same under Tinubu is $46bn.
How did a less educated man manage to keep exchange rate lower than over rated educated man? Subsidy was removed and Naira floated without a sound export status,
Stop defending undefendable, you're doing your work but do it with sense ok, under 2yrs your employer out borrowed his predisesso and you are not ashamed to defend your undefendable Boss
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Obainomilano: 12:06pm On Mar 27
We were not we just like evil leaders and they always come to us ...we is gewd fight ourselves over tribalistic and religious sentiments ...the next leader will do worst and we will do nothing.... unless ....
TruthHurts1:
Buhari was paying trillions annually to subsidise fuel prices, yet Nigeria’s debt profile was 3 times lower under him.

Meanwhile Tinubu in his first two years in office has almost amassed the same amount of debt that Buhari accumulated after 8 years in office despite Tinubu not having to pay fuel subsidy.

I'm beginning to think we were unfair to Buhari
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by princeade86(m): 12:21pm On Mar 27
Eniitankorede:
Can you exchange that into dollars please? I want to see something. Afterall, debts will be paid in dollars, not naira.
Secondly, apart from second Niger bridge, show me any other major projects of Buhari. Tinubu is building the two longest roads in Nigeria at same time. He is building railways all over the country. Governors have triple money on what they used to get under Buhari. Where did all that come from? If your governor is not helping to reduce poverty among his people, whose fault is that?
and tell us who made it possible for dollars to be in that position.
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Ibehchizzy: 1:21pm On Mar 27
yemre:
You can insult him all you want. The fact remains that he's not poor and he doesn't even know you exist!
tinubu doesn’t know you exist boy
Whether you trek to work or sleep in darkness
Hope this helps grin
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Daguccizgreat(m): 1:37pm On Mar 27
TruthHurts1:
Buhari was paying trillions annually to subsidise fuel prices, yet Nigeria’s debt profile was 3 times lower under him.

Meanwhile Tinubu in his first two years in office has almost amassed the same amount of debt that Buhari accumulated after 8 years in office despite Tinubu not having to pay fuel subsidy.

I'm beginning to think we were unfair to Buhari
Tinubu is the biggest looter known to mankind
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Eniitankorede: 1:41pm On Mar 27
princeade86:
and tell us who made it possible for dollars to be in that position.
It started from IBB with the SAP policy that greatly devalued the naira. Subsequently further devalued by successive governments. Emefiele made it worse by creating an extremely devalued naira in black market and he was selling the little dollars remaining to his friends at a far better rate. Thereby causing round tripping and complete rape of naira. This government is repairing all decades of destruction of naira. This is why you are feeling the initial effects. I hope you have been educated.
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Eniitankorede: 1:42pm On Mar 27
Mainmanpadi:
you are very blind i must say, may be na ur papa construct the road from Keffi down to makurdi
Keffi to Markurdi out of hundreds of federal roads? You must be joking. Check how many Tinubu has constructed within 2 years and compare to that of eight years of Buhari.
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by dapadawee(m): 1:42pm On Mar 27
TruthHurts1:
Buhari was paying trillions annually to subsidise fuel prices, yet Nigeria’s debt profile was 3 times lower under him.

Meanwhile Tinubu in his first two years in office has almost amassed the same amount of debt that Buhari accumulated after 8 years in office despite Tinubu not having to pay fuel subsidy.

Olodo the money was borrowed in dollars not naira.


I'm beginning to think we were unfair to Buhari
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by emiye(m): 1:53pm On Mar 27
Most largely due to naira depreciation. in dollar terms, we have less debt. Nigeria earns a lot of crude oil proceeds in USD , and we must ramp up crude oil production higher to at least 2 million barrels per day, while it continues its crude oil diversification drive.

Many of our debts are in USD, and if you convert to naira, it increases with depreciation in Naira. If Nigeria does not pay any debt and simply achieve a 500naira /usd , we will owe about half of the current amount.

Our debt, is not largely the problem at the moment, our income is where the most issue lies and we must increase it at a faster rate,at least times 5 in less than 4 years. In actual fact, we will/must borrow more for productive infrastructures. Only non productive countries should be scared of debt. Lagos state for example is not scared of debt, and they are the most indebted state in Nigeria, but they can relatively service the debt in an easier fashion than most others because of the income drive and get things done. USA is the most indebted country in the world, but the largest economy in the world as well.
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by emiye(m): 2:03pm On Mar 27
Wispower:
How did a less educated man manage to keep exchange rate lower than over rated educated man? Subsidy was removed and Naira floated without a sound export status,
Stop defending undefendable, you're doing your work but do it with sense ok, under 2yrs your employer out borrowed his predisesso and you are not ashamed to defend your undefendable Boss
So in your very smart sense, Oil subsidy should be kept and Naira subsidised for a "sound export status" ? cho cho cho, no understanding. The system was bound to collapse, reason why they were printing naira enmasse in emfiele CBN to hide the rot.
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Osariemen12: 2:08pm On Mar 27
Let's vote him out to save our country.

He is a failure in governance.
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by banku: 2:46pm On Mar 27
This is what some say about hate blinding some Nigerians. Someone asked if the debt is being paid in naira or dollars.

This is after someone has converted the naira debt under Buhari and Tinubu showing clearly that the debt is smaller under Tinubu.

But you raised a point about how much was dollar under Buhari and under Tinubu. How did round-tripping under Buhari benefit the average man looking to buy dollars?

Do you realize how Buhari and Emefiele pampered privileged insiders subsidizing the dollar, how much did you make?

Tinubu is lucky they did not kill him for taking their privileges away.

Wispower:
How did a less educated man manage to keep exchange rate lower than over rated educated man? Subsidy was removed and Naira floated without a sound export status,
Stop defending undefendable, you're doing your work but do it with sense ok, under 2yrs your employer out borrowed his predisesso and you are not ashamed to defend your undefendable Boss
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by dalass(f): 2:56pm On Mar 27
philiancoop:
So buhari supported naira with funds and tinubu removed the naira support funds and still borrowed more than buhari who spent on naira supporthuh?
The news reporters. are mischievous, they should do the report in dollars ...

So for example, use the dollar to naira ratio of 150naira/1$ Buhari era to a Tinubu era and you will see that let's $1M x 150= 150 million Naira compared to let's say 1500/1$ , nowadays will make it 1500x 1M which is 1.5 billion.

Clearly in naira, the figure is much bigger in Tinubus time than Buhari era but the Dollar borrowed is lower now,
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by tycoon096: 2:56pm On Mar 27
dalass:
FOREX.... Naira to Dollar rate is what makes it so. Naira is about 10 times cheaper now than buhari era...
Who made naira cheap ?? Na PDP ?

Who do you think you're deceiving by shifting the goalpost? This is how you defend rubbish and be getting bad leaders
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by oyebanji(m): 3:01pm On Mar 27
Interesting.

Your so called "uneducated man" like the previous ones before him borrowed to keep the forex rate at the level it was with a lot of arbitrage happening in between.

But this one (BAT) has removed the arbitrage by allowing the naira to find its true value an by implication forex subsidy like fuelsubsidy was eliminated.

I hope this helps.

Wispower:
How did a less educated man manage to keep exchange rate lower than over rated educated man? Subsidy was removed and Naira floated without a sound export status,
Stop defending undefendable, you're doing your work but do it with sense ok, under 2yrs your employer out borrowed his predisesso and you are not ashamed to defend your undefendable Boss
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Splashme: 3:47pm On Mar 27
This is terrible
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Mrexcell(m): 6:05pm On Mar 27
Imagine tinibu accumulating more debt in just 3 yrs in office than the whole 8 yrs of buhari's tenure even without paying any fuel subsidies what a catastrophic corrupt govt.
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by snowball11(m): 9:50pm On Mar 27
To think this idiot is the best
from a certain region tells a lot about that region! grin

Amala strategist! grin
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Ifyz0001: 10:44pm On Mar 27
Tinubu is looting Nigeria like his friend abacha did ..


Cos with all these loan he is collecting, we aren't seeing any difference.



BlackViper:
#Statisense
(Debt Management Office)

Source
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Coolgent(m): 11:38pm On Mar 27
May almighty God tackle Bola Tunibu for us!
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by franudi: 6:03am On Mar 28
Eniitankorede:
Can you exchange that into dollars please? I want to see something. Afterall, debts will be paid in dollars, not naira.
Secondly, apart from second Niger bridge, show me any other major projects of Buhari. Tinubu is building the two longest roads in Nigeria at same time. He is building railways all over the country. Governors have triple money on what they used to get under Buhari. Where did all that come from? If your governor is not helping to reduce poverty among his people, whose fault is that?
Tinubu has moved Nigeria 100 years backwards. Whose duty is it to improve the value of naira? Stop supporting evil.
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Eniitankorede: 9:26am On Mar 28
franudi:
Tinubu has moved Nigeria 100 years backwards. Whose duty is it to improve the value of naira? Stop supporting evil.
Please shut up! You are talking out of ignorance. Nigerian CBN has been adjudged the best CBN all over the world this year for the way they handled forex mess created by Emefiele. Ignorant people like you will be talking nonsense.
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Choiceone1: 11:05am On Mar 28
Eniitankorede:
Can you exchange that into dollars please? I want to see something. Afterall, debts will be paid in dollars, not naira.
Secondly, apart from second Niger bridge, show me any other major projects of Buhari. Tinubu is building the two longest roads in Nigeria at same time. He is building railways all over the country. Governors have triple money on what they used to get under Buhari. Where did all that come from? If your governor is not helping to reduce poverty among his people, whose fault is that?
Has he even built half of the two roads? When they started the roads they told us private organisations will raise the funds what u are saying contradicting what they told us.
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Eniitankorede: 2:45pm On Mar 28
Choiceone1:
Has he even built half of the two roads? When they started the roads they told us private organisations will raise the funds what u are saying contradicting what they told us.
Those are not the only projects.
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by kunle4toyeyaho: 2:55pm On Mar 28
TruthHurts1:
Buhari was paying trillions annually to subsidise fuel prices, yet Nigeria’s debt profile was 3 times lower under him.

Meanwhile Tinubu in his first two years in office has almost amassed the same amount of debt that Buhari accumulated after 8 years in office despite Tinubu not having to pay fuel subsidy.

I'm beginning to think we were unfair to Buhari
So,you are this gullible? Ask the poster to state the dollar equivalent of the alleged debt?
With the old forex regime,he calculated fPMB's debt using $1 to about N460, for Tinubu he used $1 to about ₦2000 just to magnify the figure. The guy is just being mischievous
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Choiceone1: 5:01pm On Mar 28
Eniitankorede:
Those are not the only projects.
it's not easy to defend at all I understood everything
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by Eniitankorede: 8:50pm On Mar 28
Choiceone1:
it's not easy to defend at all I understood everything
You don’t! If you do, go and ask Umahi how much they have spent on road construction and rehabilitation within 2 years.
Re: Nigeria's Public Debt Growth: Buhari Vs Tinubu — 2026 by philiancoop(m): 8:18pm On May 26
dalass:
The news reporters. are mischievous, they should do the report in dollars ...

So for example, use the dollar to naira ratio of 150naira/1$ Buhari era to a Tinubu era and you will see that let's $1M x 150= 150 million Naira compared to let's say 1500/1$ , nowadays will make it 1500x 1M which is 1.5 billion.

Clearly in naira, the figure is much bigger in Tinubus time than Buhari era but the Dollar borrowed is lower now,
Okay. In the same way, Buhari used money to stabilize the naira. Tinubu refused to use money to stabilize the naira. Yet, he's still borrowing. Shouldn't he be not borrowing now that he's not supporting naira, not paying subsidy, has increased duties, has increased tax collection. And hasn't shown better live results on the lives of the people
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