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However, this plea comes amid revelations that the government has spent a staggering N7 billion on foreign trips in just one year.



The istration of President Bola Tinubu has once again asked Nigerians to endure economic hardship, arguing that sacrifices are necessary for the country’s progress.




However, this plea comes amid revelations that the government has spent a staggering N7 billion on foreign trips in just one year.




The Special Adviser to the President on Economic Affairs, Tope Fasua, made this assertion during his appearance on AIT’s State of the Economy programme, which was monitored by SaharaReporters.



Fasua insisted that economic recovery requires endurance and long-term commitment to policies that prioritize local production.



“For a country (like Nigeria) to actually get to where it wants to get to, there is a bit of pain that you have to endure,” Fasua said.



“Those things that will focus on producing locally, encouraging our own. Just as it happened in the petroleum sector. It is never going to be easy. To put a refinery on the ground is not an easy affair. It takes a lot of concentration. And also, one of the biggest challenges you have as a country is how to concentrate on a policy in the medium to long term.



“We are always good at starting a policy very quickly, but can we concentrate or stick with a policy and programme for five, ten, or fifteen years?”



“If we can ensure that naira hovers around where it is now, maybe N1,300 to N1,400 in the next three to four years to five years, the world will take notice that this is where we want to lock this (foreign exchange),” he added.



Despite the government's call for endurance, Nigerians are angered by the lavish spending of the Tinubu istration on foreign trips.



Since assuming office on May 29, 2023, President Tinubu, along with Vice President Kashim Shettima, his wife, and several ministers, have embarked on numerous foreign trips, spending billions of naira from the national treasury.



Many argue that the trips have yielded little to no tangible benefits for the country, further straining an already struggling economy.



One of the most controversial instances was the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November 2024, where Nigeria had the largest delegation of over 1,000 people, raising questions about the necessity of such a bloated attendance.



While some claimed to be self-sponsored, the government’s official delegation included individuals with no clear role at the event.



According to reports, Tinubu, his wife, and Shettima have collectively visited 26 countries and made approximately 41 trips within a year of taking office. The president alone recorded 29 trips to 18 countries, while Shettima made 12 trips to 10 nations. In total, they have spent nearly 180 days outside the country—Tinubu himself ing for 124 days abroad.



Countries frequently visited by Tinubu include UK, US, India, , , Saudi Arabia, UAE, Ethiopia, Tanzania, South Africa, and China.



It was revealed that in 2024 alone, Tinubu and his team spent N36 billion on international travel, as reported by the Open Treasury Portal.



The breakdown of the expenditure includes N12.2 billion allocated for “international travel and transport (training)”; N24.19 billion spent on “international travel, transport, and others”; N15.8 billion spent on “local travel and transport (training)”; N31.2 billion spent on “local travel and transport (others)”.



The total expenditure for both local and international travel amounted to a staggering N83 billion in one year.

https://saharareporters.com/2025/03/07/nigerians-must-endure-bit-pain-nation-move-forward-tinubu-presidency-tells-citizens-amid

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T-Pain

Utter mega falsehoods of the highest order.

If you lack the intellect of a competent economist, then step aside—because staying means subjecting Nigeria to an unending cycle of misery under a regime drowning in crude, shameless ethnocentrism and rabid xenophobia. Someone should haul that clown off to the nearest circus and let real leaders take the wheel.

Abi

Rome wasn't built in a day.

How many are you enduring with new refurbished private jet, yacht, all expenses paid foreign hospitals bying same hospitals you claimed you developed in Lagos. mugu!

helinues:
Abi

Rome wasn't built in a day.

No job yet?

This Tope Fasua has been talking jargons lately
As economic adviser to the president, one will expect him to be able to articulate the economic direction of this government.
Instead he has been going about talking like a spin doctor and propagandist as against being an economist
What is the govt's plan to bring inflation down
What about the high cost of doing business?
What is the plan for SMEs and rejuvenation of the local economy to meet job demands and become productive?
Instead, he's going around giving unsolicited advice to only who God knows

helinues:
Abi

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Helinues

Is that the reason you are still unable to state one progress of the fraudulent certificate forger you clained was a guru economist while deceiving the gullibles with a renewed hopeless mandate of lies & propaganda ?

How come you and your cohorts are alienated from same pains?
Are we all not Nigerians must undergo the pains together?

helinues:
Abi

Rome wasn't built in a day.

make una de play

Leboska:
How many are you enduring with new refurbished private jet, yacht, all expenses paid foreign hospitals bying same hospitals you claimed you developed in Lagos. mugu!

so on point...