By Olu Fasan
Economic reforms are universally measured by their impacts on the living standards of ordinary citizens, but President Bola Tinubu judges his reforms by macro-economic statistics that have absolutely no bearing on the wellbeing of ordinary Nigerians.
More than three years after their introduction, Tinubu’s economic reforms have had devastating social consequences, deepening poverty, hunger and misery across Nigeria. But now, just over two months before the people decide whether to re-elect him for a second term, President Tinubu has suddenly realised that his policies have immiserated ordinary Nigerians, and, recently, announced “plans” to ameliorate their pains. However, those “plans” are too little, too late; and smack of cynical pre-election tactics.
