The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga, has said opposition presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, are unwilling to acknowledge what he described as positive developments in Nigeria’s economy, particularly the country’s rising foreign reserves.
Onanuga disclosed that Nigeria’s foreign reserves climbed to $51.04 billion as of June 18, describing it as the highest level recorded in 17 years.
He added that the last comparable level was in January 2009, when the reserves stood at $50.5 billion.
In a post on X, obtained by Politics Nigeria Onanuga said, “Nigeria’s foreign reserves rose to $51.04 billion on June 18, the highest level in 17 years. In January 2009, the reserves stood at $50.5 billion.
“This is the good news Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar and other presidential candidates don’t want to hear.
“As far as they are concerned, President Tinubu has done nothing since he came to office.
“Yet stubborn facts of the administration’s solid achievements keep hitting them in the face.”
He maintained that critics of the administration were ignoring what he described as tangible progress under President Bola Tinubu.
