…What changed, what it cost and how history may judge it
Three years may be long enough to alter the direction of a country, but it is rarely long enough to know where that direction will finally lead.
This is the difficulty in assessing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Since assuming office on 29 May 2023, he has taken decisions of unusual breadth, speed and consequence. Some have corrected distortions that Nigeria had tolerated for decades. Others have imposed costs that millions of Nigerians are still struggling to absorb. A few may eventually prove historic. Some may yet become warnings about the difference between political courage and policy craftsmanship.
The sensible question, therefore, is neither whether Tinubu is a hero nor whether he is a villain. Nigeria already has enough people employed in both departments.
The more useful question is this: what has genuinely changed under Tinubu, how does it compare
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