Tinubu Defends Reforms, Says Nigeria Was Treated Like a Cancer Patient on Morphine

President Bola Tinubu has defended his administration’s economic reforms, comparing Nigeria’s pre-2023 condition to a cancer patient relying on morphine instead of receiving difficult treatment. In his Independence Day address, Tinubu said previous governments focused on easing symptoms while deeper structural problems worsened. He said poverty was rising and hope was fading by the time his administration took office. The President acknowledged that the reforms have caused hardship. However, he argued that the pain should not be confused with the underlying economic problems the policies were introduced to address.

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