You won't know how much of a failure this man is until you sit down and try to - really tried - to find just one good thing he has done to campaign with. One.
And you will found nothing.
Nothing but pain, poverty, and a country set on fire while he claps at the flames.
Before 2015, Nigeria was far from perfect. But at least:
- Fuel queues were an annoyance, not a death sentence.
- ASUU strikes meant negotiations, not obliteration.
- States borrowed but sometimes built something.
- The Naira was recognizable.
- An ambassador could get a country to pick up the phone.
Under Tinubu? Everything that could be broken has been broken – deliberately.
Remember the long lines under Goodluck Jonathan? Under Buhari? Frustrating, yes. But you knew that if you stood long enough, you’d get fuel at N160–N200 per liter.
Tinubu’s genius solution? Make fuel so expensive that only the rich can buy it – and they don’t queue.
- June 2023: Fuel subsidy “removed” overnight. Price jumps from N200 to over N600.
- By 2026: Pump price in many states is N1,400–N1,500 per liter. A 700% increase in three years.
Read that again and let it sink in. Seven hundred percent.
Ask anyone if thhe can afford a full tank at N1,400 per liter. Ask them if he can even afford to queue for that privilege. The queues are gone because the people are gone – priced out of mobility.
Where did the trillions spent on “subsidy” over decades go? And where is the money “saved” now? The silence is deafening.
ASUU used to strike. Students protested. Parents cried. Governments negotiated.
Tinubu’s solution has been to destroy the unions, defund education, and raise fees so high that poor students just… disappear.
- 2024: Tinubu signs the Student Loan Act – a smokescreen. By 2025, less than 10% of applicants receive anything.
- 2025: The government dissolves all university governing councils. Federal universities placed under “sole administrators” – all political loyalists.
- 2025–2026: School fees in federal universities increase by 300–400%. UNN fees go from N50,000 to over N200,000. UNILAG, OAU, ABU – same story.
Thhis has result to millions of poor students dropping out. Quietly. No protests because the unions are dead. No media outrage because the editors are scared. No political pushback because the opposition is asleep.
ASUU strikes are “gone” because ASUU has been emasculated – and so has the hope of poor Nigerian children.
He didn’t end strikes. He ended education. There’s a difference. And the money meant for universities? Follow the contractors. Follow the “consultancy fees.”
Under previous governments, when states borrowed, at least they pretended to build something before stealing.
Under Tinubu, stealing is the only activity. There is no pretense.
- As of March 2026, Nigeria’s total public debt has crossed N130 trillion (up from N87 trillion in May 2023). That’s nearly 50% increase in 34 months.
- Tinubu has given “emergency support” to over 20 states. Where is the money? States still can’t pay salaries.
- The government has awarded N3.3 trillion for the same “power transmission upgrade” project – three times in three years. Same project. Same contractors. Same promises. Nothing has changed. Electricity output remains below 4,000MW.
Three trillion naira. Three years. Zero improvement. If that’s not organized looting, what is?
Before Tinubu, a Nigerian paid roughly N30–N40 per kilowatt-hour for unreliable power.
Today, Band A customers pay N225 per kWh – a 462% increase. Bands B–E have also seen hikes of over 300%.
What do you get for this?
- Average daily power supply: 6–8 hours (down from 12–14 hours in some cities before 2023).
- Some rural areas: 0–2 hours.
- Business owners now spend more on diesel and petrol generators than on grid power.
The Shame is that Nigeria has pumped over $15 billion into the power sector since privatization in 2013. Under Tinubu alone, over N5 trillion (approx $3.3 billion) has been “allocated.” Yet the grid collapses every other month – most recently in February 2026.
Where is the light? Follow the money. You won’t find light – but you will find mansions.
Under Buhari, bandits kidnapped. Soldiers fought. It was bad.
Under Tinubu, it’s worse – and stranger.
- Kidnapping has become a professional service. Police no longer interfere. Victims’ families are told directly: “Pay the ransom. We cannot help.”
- According to SBM Intelligence, between May 2023 and March 2026, over 12,000 Nigerians were kidnapped. Ransoms paid exceed N15 billion.
- Bandits now control local governments in Zamfara, Katsina, Sokoto. Tinubu’s response? “Dialogue” – i.e., paying them off.
The most chilling change is that the state has abdicated its monopoly on violence. If you are kidnapped today, you do not call the police. You call a negotiator. You pay. You pray.
Why are the kidnappers never caught? Why do ransom payments flow freely? Follow the money – again.
Multinational companies are fleeing Nigeria like rats from a sinking ship.
2023–2026 exits include:
- Glovo (December 2023)
- Jumia Food (December 2023)
- P&G (December 2023 – stopped local production)
- Bolt Food (January 2024)
- Kimberly-Clark (May 2024 – shut plant)
- Glo (June 2024 – massive layoffs and service withdrawal from some regions)
- Diageo/Guinness (sold majority stake to Tolaram – effectively exit)
- TotalEnergies (exploration exit)
- Shell (sold onshore assets – end of an era)
- Microsoft, Meta, Binance (restricted services or full exits due to regulatory hostility)
The NGX (Nigerian Exchange) is bleeding. Market capitalization has lost over 25% in dollar terms since May 2023. Foreign portfolio investment has collapsed by over 70%.
The private sector is sending a message: Nigeria is not safe for business. And the President’s only reply is more taxes.
On May 29, 2023, the Naira traded at about N470/$ on the official market (parallel market N760/$).
As of March 2026:
- Official rate: N1,450–N1,500/$
- Parallel market: N1,600–N1,700/$
That’s a depreciation of over 300% in less than three years.
What does this mean for you?
- Imported goods: 3x more expensive.
- Foreign school fees: impossible for middle class.
- Medical tourism: now only for the super-rich.
- Savings in Naira: wiped out.
Tinubu’s solution? Blame speculators. Blame the “cabal". Blame everyone except his own policy chaos – floating the currency without reserves, without production, without plan.
The people who got rich from the parallel market during this collapse – look at their names. Look at their connections to the presidency.
This is the most painful. The most degrading.
A tuber of yam – once a staple for every Nigerian family – now costs N8,000–N15,000 depending on size.
So what do Nigerians do? They buy slices. One tuber cut into 8–10 pieces. Each piece sold for N1,000–N2,000.
Other prices (March 2026 vs May 2023):
- Rice (50kg): N18,000 → N85,000 (+372%)
- Beans (50kg): N15,000 → N70,000 (+367%)
- Bread (600g): N500 → N2,200 (+340%)
- Eggs (dozen): N600 → N2,500 (+317%)
General food inflation: Over 40% year-on-year for 8 consecutive quarters. The worst in Nigerian history.
Hungry people do not protest in Nigeria – because the hungry are too weak to walk. That is not stability. That is starvation as state policy.
Just to add insult to injury, Tinubu has also destroyed Nigeria’s place in the world:
- Ambassadors recalled in Sept 2023 – still no replacements for 30 months.
- Over 60 countries rejected his nominees in March 2026 – only 2 accepted.
- $2 million “missing” from UN residence renovation.
- Workers unpaid for 6+ months across 109 embassies.
- Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso left ECOWAS – the balkanization of West Africa under his chairmanship.
- Tokyo TICAD booth empty – large delegation, no one to man the stand.
If you cannot manage a booth in Tokyo, how do you manage a country of 220 million?
Let me say it plainly.
Tinubu has presided over:
- The highest fuel prices ever.
- The worst currency collapse ever.
- The highest food inflation ever.
- The most embassies without ambassadors ever.
- The most states bankrupt ever.
- The most multinational exits ever.
- The most expensive electricity with the least power ever.
And he has done all this while traveling abroad with 1,000-person delegations, buying new presidential jets, and renovating the Vice President’s residence for N21 billion.
He has used poverty as a cure.
- Fuel queues? Cure = price people out.
- ASUU strikes? Cure = destroy unions and defund schools.
- Protests? Cure = make people too hungry and too tired to march.
We all should be angry. Not the performative anger of Twitter. The real, voting-booth anger.
We must ensure he never sees that seat again.
Because if he does, there will be nothing left to govern.