Reforms didn’t create Nigeria’s economic problems — Tinubu

ABUJA — President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has said the economic reforms introduced by his administration did not create the weaknesses in Nigeria’s economy but were aimed at confronting longstanding structural problems.
Tinubu stated this in his Independence Day address to Nigerians on Thursday, October 1, 2026, as the country marked its 66th anniversary.
The President said Nigeria had for too long postponed difficult economic decisions, allowing deep distortions to grow and passing their consequences from one generation to another.
He said the situation had become particularly difficult by 2023, when poverty was rising and hope was nearly gone.
“By 2023, poverty was rising, and hope wa...