Nigeria: Presidency Rejects Claims of Nigeria’s Collapse, Says Hunger Projections Exaggerated

The Presidency has dismissed recent claims that Nigeria is on the brink of collapse, describing such assertions as exaggerated and not grounded in fact.

In a statement on Thursday, Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Public Communications, pushed back against a recent editorial titled “Nigeria is Collapsing under Tinubu’s Watch,” accusing it of misrepresenting the country’s current economic situation and fuelling public despair.

While acknowledging that Nigeria is…