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Nigeria under Tinubu: painful reforms paying off, or deepening hardship?

Nigeria under Tinubu: painful reforms paying off, or deepening hardship?

Three years in, President Tinubu defends fuel-subsidy removal and currency reform as stabilising the economy, while declaring insecurity and poverty national emergencies. Critics point to a cost-of-living and security crisis.

The summary above is a neutral framing. Below, each side reports the same story in its own words — judge for yourself.

Tinubu / government

Tinubu says his reforms steadied the naira, cut inflation and drew investment, with cash transfers to 15 million households — insisting the worst is over and security is improving.

Opposition & protesters

Critics and protesters say reforms triggered the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation, amid record hunger and relentless banditry, kidnapping and insecurity.

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