Why do you think relief is suddenly being announced now, so close to 2027?
I believe the answer is becoming increasingly obvious. After more than three years of hardship, you are now being offered what looks like a temporary dose of political anaesthesia as 2027 approaches. I am urging that we not mistake election-season relief for real economic recovery. Moreover, where is the relief? Can you feel the relief?
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We have also repeatedly demanded a comprehensive reconciliation of the nearly ₦30 trillion identified across Federation Account revenues, deductions, savings, transfers and related entries. If our reconciliation is wrong, publish the complete ledger and establish the facts.
There is equally the disclosure that Import Duty Exemption Certificate approvals covered about ₦34 trillion worth of imports in 2025. Nigerians deserve to know who benefited, the values attached to those exemptions, their legal basis and the measurable public benefit they delivered.
So when you suddenly announce that relief is coming “in the next few weeks,” Nigerians are entitled to ask: Why now?
The answer is becoming increasingly obvious. After more than three years of hardship, Nigerians are now being offered a temporary dose of political anaesthesia as 2027 approaches. God forbid that Nigerians should mistake election-season relief for economic recovery.