Dr. Chris Nwachukwu
I hear your frustration—but this response is still driven more by anger than accuracy. And if we keep replacing facts with feelings, we’ll keep missing the real issues.
You asked some direct questions, so let’s answer them directly.
“Did they know the problems before coming in?”Of course they did. Every serious government studies the books before taking over. But knowing a problem exists is not the same as having a painless solution. Nigeria’s economy before 2023 was already sitting on a ticking time bomb—unsustainable fuel subsidies, a distorted forex system, and debt piling up faster than revenue.
“Is Nigeria better than what was inherited from Buhari?”This is where honesty is required. Under , many of these problems were suppressed, not solved. Fuel was artificially cheap, the naira was artificially controlled, and government spending was heavily dependent on borrowing.
What you are experiencing now is not a brand-new problem—it is the unmasking of those old policies.
So no, things don’t feel better right now. But that doesn’t automatically mean nothing is being corrected.
“Are Nigerians suffering more?”Yes—people are feeling more economic pain right now. Nobody sensible denies that.
But here’s the part you’re avoiding:Was the previous system sustainable? No.
Fuel subsidy alone was swallowing trillions—money that could have gone into infrastructure, healthcare, and education. Keeping it would have eventually crashed the economy harder.
“Was subsidy removal meant to cause suffering?”No policy is designed to make people suffer. But some policies expose reality.
Removing subsidy was like removing a painkiller from a patient with a deep illness—the pain becomes more visible, but the underlying disease was already there.
“Where is electricity? Where is infrastructure?”Fair questions. But again, these are not problems that started in 2023.
Power sector failures go back decades—poor generation capacity, weak transmission, and distribution inefficiencies. Infrastructure gaps didn’t suddenly appear overnight. Fixing them requires time, capital, and consistent policy—not just outrage.
“What has all this grammar done for the common man?”Let’s be clear—calling facts “grammar” doesn’t invalidate them.
You don’t fix an economy by shouting. You fix it with difficult, often unpopular decisions. And yes, those decisions can hurt in the short term.
HERE IS WHERE YOUR ARGUMENT COLLAPSES
You are demanding two contradictory things at the same time:
You want reforms (better economy, stable system)
But you don’t want the pain that comes with correcting a broken system
That’s not how economics works.
You cannot:
Remove subsidy and keep fuel cheap
Float the naira and keep exchange rates artificially low
Reduce debt pressure and avoid tough fiscal adjustments
Something has to give.
FINAL TRUTH YOU MAY NOT LIKE
Right now, Nigerians are under pressure—no argument there.
But reducing everything to “APC failed, nothing is working” is intellectually lazy. It ignores:
The damage inherited
The structural corrections ongoing
The time it takes for reforms to produce visible results
Criticize policies—yes. Demand accountability—absolutely.But don’t replace serious analysis with blanket condemnation.
Because once arguments become purely emotional, they stop being useful—even when the frustration behind them is real.
Dr. Chris Nwachukwu.
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