Kí ni ìṣúra ìkọ̀kọ̀ ₦8.8 tirílíọ̀nù tí àwọn ènìyàn ń sọ̀rọ̀ nípa rẹ̀?
IMF ti ṣípayá pé ìjọba ní ààyè sí ₦8.8 trillion tí a fi pamọ́ pátápátá lóde ìríran gbogbo ènìyàn, tí kò sí lábẹ́ àmójútó aṣòfin, àti tí ó wà ní ìdarí àwọn tí ó di agbára alákòóso mú. Owó yìí ìbá ti jẹ́ ìpínfúnni ní ọ̀nà tí ó ṣe kedere, tí a pín ní ọ̀nà ìdíje, tí a sì lò ní ọ̀nà tí yóò ṣẹ̀dá iṣẹ́, dín iye owó olú-ìlú kù, kí ó sì fún náírà lágbára. Ṣùgbọ́n, dípò bẹ́ẹ̀, a ti yọ ọ́ kúrò nínú ètò ọrọ̀-ajé tí ń mú èso jáde.
Àwọn ìdáhùn tó wà lórí ojú-ìwé yìí ni a túmọ̀ láti èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì nípasẹ̀ ẹ̀rọ, kò sì tíì ṣàyẹ̀wò rẹ̀ láti ọwọ́ atúmọ̀-èdè kan.
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The IMF has now exposed that narrative as a big fat lie. While the poor were told to bleed, the government maintained access to a ₦8.8 trillion shadow treasury, entirely outside public view, entirely beyond legislative oversight, and entirely at the disposal of those who hold executive power. The interest rates crushing Nigerian businesses, the weak Naira destroying Nigerian savings, and the economic stagnation hollowing out Nigerian households are not the unavoidable consequences of global headwinds. They are, at least in part, the direct result of a government that has removed from the productive economy ₦8.8 trillion that should have been transparently appropriated, competitively allocated, and deployed in ways that create jobs, reduce the cost of capital, and strengthen the naira. This explains why contractors are owed and civil servants are not paid their salaries.