Sep 7, 2026 · 52 min · 14 segments
Distrust over online content is at an all time high in Nigeria. As elections approach, how can Nigerians separate the truth from the lies? And as economic statistics say one thing but the cost of…
Johnny DymondHost
Tonye ColePanelist
Aisha YesufuPanelist
Tolu OgunlesiPanelist
Cheta NwanzePanelist
Nabilah UsmanPanelistThank you so much.
So given President Sinobu's 2022 campaign in Delta, where he said Nigerians cannot eat statistics, why should the public trust his recent flood and his administration's recent flood of data on his ex-platform? Is this reliable given the present conditions that we can see in Nigeria?
Why should the public trust the flood of economic data? The President's administration is now publishing on X when everyday living conditions continue to worsen.
Inflation has fallen, but petrol, now that it's no longer being subsidised, is much, much more expensive than it was.
And imports are much more expensive because the support of the currency has disappeared.
The presenter has pointed out in his opening speech exactly what we're seeing, and that's the truth.
At a particular level, when it comes to the macro level, there has actually been progress.
One of the things that we have seen that is difficult is moving that progress at the macro level to the micro level.
And so at the bottom of the pyramid, the masses are feeling the pain of the changes that have been executed at the top.
But have those reforms been done and is it moving in the right direction? I believe that Nigeria is moving in the right direction as far as the reforms are concerned.
So that question about believing the statistics, it doesn't work because the pain is there, as you say, at the bottom, even if the numbers are
Thank you so much.
So given President Sinobu's 2022 campaign in Delta, where he said Nigerians cannot eat statistics, why should the public trust his recent flood and his administration's recent flood of data on his ex-platform? Is this reliable given the present conditions that we can see in Nigeria?
Why should the public trust the flood of economic data? The President's administration is now publishing on X when everyday living conditions continue to worsen.
Inflation has fallen, but petrol, now that it's no longer being subsidised, is much, much more expensive than it was.
And imports are much more expensive because the support of the currency has disappeared.
The presenter has pointed out in his opening speech exactly what we're seeing, and that's the truth.
At a particular level, when it comes to the macro level, there has actually been progress.
One of the things that we have seen that is difficult is moving that progress at the macro level to the micro level.
And so at the bottom of the pyramid, the masses are feeling the pain of the changes that have been executed at the top.
But have those reforms been done and is it moving in the right direction? I believe that Nigeria is moving in the right direction as far as the reforms are concerned.
So that question about believing the statistics, it doesn't work because the pain is there, as you say, at the bottom, even if the numbers are
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