What Presidency Said On NYT Article About Tinubu, Economic Hardship

The presidency says President Bola Tinubu did not create Nigeria’s current economic problems. In a statement on Sunday addressing a report by the New York Times titled ‘Nigeria Confronts Its Worst Economic Crisis in a Generation,’ Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said Tinubu inherited the economic problems. Onanuga said the report reflected the “typical predetermined, reductionist, derogatory, and denigrating way foreign media establishments reported African countries for several decades”. According to the spokesperson, the publication painted the dire experiences of some Nigerians amid the…

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