{
  "id": 15665619,
  "title": "Shettima: Without Tinubu, the economy would have collapsed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/shettima-without-tinubu-the-economy-would-have-collapsed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T20:11:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/shettima-without-tinubu-the-economy-would-have-collapsed/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Vice-President Kashim Shettima asserted that Nigeria's economy would have collapsed without President Bola Tinubu's intervention. He made this claim during an event organized by the City Boy Movement to support Tinubu's reelection bid. Shettima praised Tinubu's vision and revealed that the President plans to address agricultural challenges and reduce food prices in the coming weeks. Despite admitting that Nigerians faced hardships, Shettima believed the situation would have been worse without the President's actions. He urged the youth to spread the word about the President's reforms and emphasized the President's decisive leadership, which led to a 4.43% economic growth in the last quarter and a foreign reserve level of $60 billion.",
  "summary": "Vice-President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria’s economy would have collapsed without the intervention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Shettima also noted that some of those criticising President Tinubu would have been writing about the collapse economy from Dubai and New York. Shettima spoke at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, during an event tagged “An […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Economy would’ve collapsed without Tinubu’s reforms, says Shettima",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/economy-wouldve-collapsed-without-tinubus-reforms-says-shettima",
        "published": "2026-10-19T19:14:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}