TINUBU’S FIGHT OR FLIGHT ECONOMY

The start of a new administration is crucial to the amount of trust citizens and investors will have in a government. Trust in an administration will determine how citizens perceive their future in the country, if they will continue to invest in the country or seek opportunities elsewhere. Nigeria is in the first year of a change of administration. The Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government came into power through a process some political analysts have described as electoral irregularities. Considering the doggedness and determination Tinubu put into securing the presidential seat, it is surprising to find that very little of that energy has been directed into ruling the country and making it a better place for Nigerian citizens. In many ways, Nigerians are worse off than they were a year ago. This reality cuts across various sectors, the most jarring of which is the dire economic state that Nigerians find themselves in just a year into a new administration.