Tinubu Likens Nigeria To A Cancer Patient In 2023, Defends His Govt's Reforms

Tinubu Likens Nigeria To A Cancer Patient In 2023, Defends His Govt's Reforms

President Bola Tinubu said reforms by his administration are yielding dividends with the evidence "undeniable".

Independence Day: Tinubu speaks on fuel subsidy return amid petrol price hike

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ruled out the return of fuel subsidy. In his nationwide address on Thursday to commemorate Nigeria’s 66th Independence Anniversary, Tinubu said there would be no going back on the removal of the fuel subsidy. “When this administration assumed office, we resolved to do things differently. We chose to excise the cancer. The […] Independence Day: Tinubu speaks on fuel subsidy return amid petrol price hike

Independence Anniversary: Tinubu compares his tough policies to painful cancer treatment

"Nigeria was like a sick patient who receives the terrible news that he has cancer."

Nigeria at 66: Tinubu’s Independence Day speech

From Reform To Prosperity: Independence Day address to the nation by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, 1st October, 2026

Independence Day: Nigeria was like cancer patient on morphine, until we came

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has likened Nigeria’s economic situation before his administration to that of a cancer patient on morphine, saying successive governments treated the symptoms of the country’s problems while allowing the underlying challenges to worsen. Tinubu stated this in his 66th Independence Day address to Nigerians, where he defended the economic reforms introduced […]

Tough reforms necessary to rescue Nigeria’s economy—

Tough reforms necessary to rescue Nigeria’s economy—- Tinubu President Bola Tinubu says difficult economic reforms were necessary to address Nigeria’s longstanding structural distortions and lay the foundation for prosperity. Tinubu stated this on Thursday in a nationwide broadcast marking Nigeria’s 66th Independence anniversary, as he reflected on the economic circumstances that confronted his administration in […]