Presidency rejects Economist’s verdict on Tinubu, says reforms irreversible

The Presidency on Tuesday rejected claims by The Economist that Nigerians are increasingly disenchanted with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing the publication’s assessment as condescending, distorted and disconnected from the impact of the administration’s reforms. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Dr Sunday Dare, said the narrative of widespread rejection of Tinubu ignored what he described as the difficult economic inheritance of the administration and the structural changes undertaken since May 2023. In a write up titled, “Beyond the Economist Condescension: Nigeria’s Re-Engineering Under Tinubu is Unstoppable”, Dare accused foreign commentators of reducing Nigeria’s complex economic and political realities to what he called sensationalist narratives of hardship and national despair. “The Economist claims Nigerians dislike their President, but it’s a claim that smells of opposition and is riddled with inconsistencies”, he said.