Daily Post Nigeria
Bayo Onanuga, an aide to President Bola Tinubu, has defended the President's Independence Day speech against political critics. Onanuga emphasized that the administration's economic reforms are necessary to address long-standing structural weaknesses rather than causing them.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing political tension in Nigeria regarding economic policy and the government's efforts to justify its reform agenda amidst public criticism.
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has hit back at politicians who criticised the President’s Independence Day speech, accusing them of ignoring his position on economic reforms. In a post on Friday, Onanuga said some of the politicians had prepared their reactions before Tinubu delivered the October 1 address. He said they ignored what he described as an “immutable truth” in the President’s speech.
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