Nearly three years after Nigeria launched its most sweeping economic reforms in decades, the question is shifting from political courage to economic durability.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu used his Independence Day address on October 1, 2025 to defend the reforms introduced in 2023. He argued that his administration inherited a “near-collapsed economy” weakened by years of inconsistent policy and poor fiscal discipline. The government, he said, faced a choice between postponing painful adjustments or confronting them early.
Since the remo
