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Uneducated, unemployed and under-nourished folk are not alone in swallowing these tales

Many Vietnamese think Henry Kissinger ‘crippled the country’, while in Singapore he is respected as a pivotal anti-Communist ally who was a confidante of Lee Kuan Yew.

Unlike most other leaders who destroyed mainly the economy, Buhari went beyond the economy to the gum that held Nigeria together.

The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is due to expire in 2025, a quarter of a century after it was first enacted. AGOA provides qualifying sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free access to the US market for most agricultural and manufactured products. Its architects and supporters point to AGOA’s noble motives and success stories; indeed, the case for access to large regional and global markets that support critical levels of transformative investment is eternal. But while AGOA remains relevant, it is grappling with overdue reforms and rapidly changing circumstances.

There is no doubt that President Bola Tinubu’s government is trying to manage an ailing economy, prostrate on multidimensional fronts through drastic policies, which appear to exacerbate it.