The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Bola Tinubu, Temitope Ajayi, on Monday stated Nigeria’s economy is responding well to the president’s reforms.
Ajayi stated whereas the economy is responding well to Tinubu’s reforms, the opposition is busy promoting doom and gloom.
He was reacting to a report insisting that the manufacturing sector has picked up with jobs increasing beneath Tinubu’s administration.
Posting on X, Ajayi stated: “While the opposition parts are content material with promoting doom and gloom with the hope their narratives will resonate and assist them win subsequent elections, the economy beneath President Tinubu is responding very well to the reforms. And the proof is crystal clear.
“The manufacturing sector is increasing and including jobs. In 2025, the sector added 81,174 jobs greater than double the 34,769 jobs created in 2024, marking a 133.47 p.c yr-on-yr enhance.
“The surge in employment was pushed by a restoration in manufacturing unit exercise within the first half, supported by a extra secure trade fee for imported inputs, improved enterprise confidence, and an increase in manufactured exports, in accordance to knowledge introduced by Segun Ajayi-Kadir, director-basic of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, on the affiliation’s 54th Annual General Meeting in Lagos, in accordance to Business Day newspaper.”
