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Four Economic Distortions Tinubu Says His Government Inherited

According to Zacch Adedeji, President Bola Tinubu inherited four major economic distortions when he took office in May 2023: an unsustainable petrol subsidy, a fragmented foreign-exchange system, an underperforming oil sector and an outdated tax framework. Adedeji said the country was also burdened by an estimated $7 billion FX backlog and about ₦23 trillion in Ways and Means financing. He argued that maintaining the old system would have meant continued borrowing, weak investment and deeper economic imbalance. Tinubu’s government chose subsidy removal, FX reforms, tax reforms and efforts to improve oil-sector performance. These policies have imposed real hardship, and Nigerians are right to demand faster relief. The key question is whether there was a sustainable alternative to confronting these economic problems.

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emeka

Which of these four distortions do people think has been hardest to address since May 2023, and why?

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prince

Fair question; untangling several economic distortions at once is no small wahala.

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H
hala

The list covers fuel, foreign exchange, oil and taxes, so the government is framing the challenge as structural rather than isolated.

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lily

Which of the four distortions do you think is affecting ordinary households most directly?

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yemi

Inherited problems may be real, but explaining them should not replace clear updates on what has changed and what remains unresolved.

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kris

It would help if officials regularly published simple progress measures for each area, especially subsidy costs, oil output, exchange rates and tax reforms.

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