{
  "id": 11872749,
  "title": "How Tinubu ran Nigeria during four-week trip abroad – Shettima",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/how-tinubu-ran-nigeria-during-four-week-trip-abroad-shettima",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T07:29:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/914347-how-tinubu-ran-nigeria-during-four-week-trip-abroad-shettima.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Vice President Kashim Shettima has defended the administration's economic policies, stating that President Bola Tinubu's reforms prevented Nigeria from sliding into a deeper crisis. According to Shettima, the country's foreign reserves were below $3.9 billion when the Tinubu administration took office, which was not enough to import fuel for one month.\n\nShettima credited Tinubu's decisions, including the removal of the fuel subsidy and the unification of the country's multiple exchange rates, to his \"courage and conviction\". He claimed that the economy was on the verge of collapse, but Tinubu's actions saved it.\n\nShettima acknowledged that Nigerians are facing economic difficulties, but said the government is working on measures to reduce the impact of the hardship.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}