The long game: What will Tinubu leave behind? By Adeola Akinremi
If there were credible national opinion polls in Nigeria, four months and nineteen days before the presidential election, we would have a clearer picture of where President Bola Tinubu and the other contenders stand. We do not. And so we are left with something less precise but perhaps more revealing: the record. Without serious polling, […] The post The long game: What will Tinubu leave behind?…
President Bola Tinubu's record is being examined as a gauge of his standing in the upcoming presidential election, as credible national opinion polls are not available. According to This Day, Tinubu appears driven more by mission than ambition. His economic policies have been aggressive, bringing macroeconomic necessity but also microeconomic pain.
The policies have made him intelligible to some but unbearable to others, particularly those experiencing the immediate pain of reform. This Day notes that the pain of reform can dull its immediate prosperity, making it hard for people to see the gains. Reuters reported that few Nigerian presidents have moved as quickly on economic policy as Tinubu.
Tinubu's actions have been likened to the economic transformation of Singapore under Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, as per This Day. The outlet's author reflected on Singapore's journey, having learned about it firsthand during a 2012 business trip and through Lee Kuan Yew's book "From Third World to First".
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