{
  "id": 11443401,
  "title": "You prepared reactions before President’s speech — Onanuga slams Tinubu’s critics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/you-prepared-reactions-before-presidents-speech-onanuga-slams-tinubus",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T13:06:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/02/you-prepared-reactions-before-presidents-speech-onanuga-slams-tinubus-critics/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bayo Onanuga, President Bola Tinubu's Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, has responded to critics who questioned the President's Independence Day speech. He accused these politicians of pre-emptively preparing their reactions before Tinubu delivered the address on October 1. Onanuga emphasized that the President's speech contained an \"immutable truth\" which these politicians were disregarding. He quoted Tinubu, who said, \"Our reforms did not create the weaknesses in our economy. They confronted them.\" Tinubu had cautioned against abandoning the economic reforms and returning to subsidies, describing such calls as a \"siren song\" and the subsidies as \"addictive.\" He also claimed that Nigeria's economy had grown by more than four percent in 2026, with both the oil and non-oil sectors contributing to the growth. \"Our economy has grown by over 4 per cent this year. Both oil and non-oil sectors have contributed to the renewed period of stable growth,\" Tinubu had stated. This comes after the headline \"You prepared reactions before President’s speech — Onanuga slams Tinubu’s critics.\"",
  "summary": "President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has hit back at politicians who criticised the President’s Independence Day speech, accusing them of ignoring his position on economic reforms. In a post on Friday, Onanuga said some of the politicians had prepared their reactions before Tinubu delivered the October 1 address. He […] You prepared reactions before…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "66th Independence: Tinubu took Nigeria into stage 4 cancer – Dele Momodu",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/66th-independence-tinubu-took-nigeria-into-stage-4-cancer-dele-momodu",
        "published": "2026-10-02T05:54:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}