By Kalu Okoronkwo
President Bola Tinubu’s assumption of office on May 29, 2023, marked a critical moment in Nigeria’s political landscape, evoking both expectations and scrutiny. His landmark speech during his inauguration that brought about the much-touted oil subsidy removal was a turning point in the country’s economic policy. This is because many perceived the issue of subsidy removal as a hard nut to crack hence previous administrations only paid lip service to it.
Six months in the life of a new administration is very much early day for
a four- year tenure but the augury mirrors what lies ahead.
An unbiased and dispassionate assessment of Tinubu’s first six months in office can only return one verdict: it has bought unmitigated hardship and thrown more Nigerians into multidimensional poverty. Food inflation is at its highest ever that even a bulb of onion has become a gem stone to be pampered and cherished.
