Sekinat Ojeniyi
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“The government has to convince Nigerians that those gains will eventually translate into better lives, and give them a credible reason to wait for that to happen,”
Sekinat Ojeniyi · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Ojeniyi discussed the political challenge of convincing Nigerians that economic reforms will pay off.
“That is a much harder political proposition when people have already made significant sacrifices.”
Sekinat Ojeniyi · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Ojeniyi continued discussing the political difficulty of the government's reform message.
“I think there is a danger of viewing the 2027 election purely as a referendum on Tinubu,”
Sekinat Ojeniyi · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Ojeniyi cautioned against viewing the 2027 election solely as a referendum on Tinubu.
“It is also a referendum on the quality of Nigeria’s political opposition and, more broadly, on whether our democracy is producing meaningful choices for citizens.”
Sekinat Ojeniyi · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Ojeniyi said the election also reflects on the quality of Nigeria's political opposition and democracy.
“People don’t vote for GDP growth; they vote based on what they can feel in their own lives,”
Sekinat Ojeniyi · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-20
Ojeniyi argued that voters respond to lived experience rather than economic statistics.