Makinde Challenges Tinubu, Criticizing Government's Economic Narrative

Seyi Makinde, Governor of Oyo State and presidential candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement, announced a contest against President Bola Tinubu. Makinde accused the Tinubu administration of using rising foreign reserve figures as a “political gimmick” to obscure widespread hunger and economic distress across Nigeria. He also urged the South-West region to reject what he called the politics of nepotism.

Makinde argued that economic progress should be measured by citizens’ prosperity and ability to pursue opportunities, rather than solely by macroeconomic growth. The challenge questions the All Progressives Congress's handling of the economy and calls for a reset of the national economic and socio-political environment.

President Bola Tinubu leads Nigeria, with the ruling All Progressives Congress and the African Democratic Congress operating as political parties within the country.