Èéṣe tí o fi sọ pé àwọn nọ́mbà náírà ti ìjọba tó pọ̀ sí i kò fi hàn pé Nàìjíríà ti di ọlọ́rọ̀?
Nítorí àwọn nọ́mbà tó tóbi jù kò fagi lé àwọn tó ní ìníyelórí kékeré. Ní ọdún 2019, pípín owó FAAC jẹ́ nǹkan bí ₦7.85 trillion, tó níye sí nǹkan bí $25.6 billion. Nígbà tó fi di ọdún 2025, FAAC ti gòkè lọ sí ìwé nǹkan bí ₦21.9 trillion, ṣùgbọ́n ìníyelórí dọ́là rẹ̀ ti wó lulẹ̀ sí nǹkan bí $14.6 billion. Nítorí náà, bí ó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé ó fẹ́rẹ̀ẹ́ tó ìlọ́po mẹ́ta náírà ni a ń gbé jáde, ìníyelórí dọ́là tí ó wà lábẹ́ rẹ̀ ti dín kù ju 40 per cent lọ. Èyí kì í ṣe iṣẹ́ àmọ̀dájú ọrọ̀-ajé, ẹ̀tàn owó ni.
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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In 2019, FAAC distribution was approximately ₦7.85 trillion, worth about $25.6 billion at the prevailing exchange rate. By 2025, FAAC had risen on paper to approximately ₦21.9 trillion, yet its dollar value had fallen to roughly $14.6 billion. So while government parades almost three times as many naira, the underlying dollar value is more than 40 per cent lower. “That is not an economic miracle. That is money illusion. You cannot batter the currency, allow inflation to ravage purchasing power and then wave bigger naira figures before Nigerians as evidence that the country has become richer. Bigger numbers do not cancel smaller value.”
Atiku said the deception becomes even clearer when translated into the everyday experience of the Nigerian worker, where salaries may have increased nominally while their real value and purchasing power have deteriorated.