By Chibuike Nwabuko
ABUJA (PRECISE POST) – Nigerians who are angry over the prevailing economic hardship necessitated by the anti-welfarist policies of president Bola Tinubu-led government have lambasted Bayo Onanuga over his remarks that Nigeria’s non-oil exports had hit a record $1.7 billion in first quarter of 2025, the highest in 49 years.
Bayo Onanuga, who is the Special Adviser (Information and Strategy) to President Tinubu had on Tuesday taken to his verified X account and said that Nigeria’s non-oil exports had hit a record $1.7 billion in first quarter of 2025, the highest in 49 years – adding that Cocoa and its derivatives accounted for 45 per cent of the lot. Products such as cashew nuts, sesame seeds, aluminium and copper ingots, soyabeans, and rubber also topped the list of exports.
Onanuga further quoted the Nigerian Export Promotion Council Executive Director, Nonye Ayeni, as saying that the value of non-oil exports recorded in the first quarter was 24.75 per cent higher than the corresponding value in the first quarter of 2024. She said the year-on-year increase was the highest since the council was created 49 years ago.
After making this claim few hours ago on his X account, X has been buzzing with diverse reactions from Nigerians. Some of these reactions are as follows:
Samuel Chijioke @Sirjokesinfo said:
“Lies from the pit of hell, where are those products coming from, is it the one that Fulani herdsmen are preventing farmers from going to their farms?”
“You guys should stop this propaganda and start saying the truth about the economy of Nigeria.
Tomorrow now, Tinubu will run to the World Bank and IMF to borrow money.”
Eric Ifeanyi @EricIfeanyi78 said: “@aonanuga1956 What impact does it have on the citizens? Or is just on tweeter? Lies.”
Akin Malaolu @Akin_malaolu said: “You have never spoken on employment opportunities if any. I wonder if this post is really reflecting the true state of things.”
Mahdi Shehu @shehu_mahdi in his response said:
“Yet poverty is rising daily. Borrowing by both state and federal governments have become part of governance pathology. Someone must be telling lies and deceiving the senile.”
In his own reaction, TeemoneyIfesinachi @Teemoney1 has this to say: “lol all this things you mention we never even see any one to consume for here and you are talking about export Propaganda no go kpai this Onanuga”.
On the other hand, Callenjon @fashykenny reacted thus: ” They won’t believe this but post bad news and they will be so happy. They will soon be here celebrating 30k road by Burkina Faso government.”
On his part, Samuel @SamuelIse3 reacted thus;
“Oga what happened to port Harcourt refinery you all celebrated in fact this Tinubu regime is the worst in the history of Nigeria everything about them are all lies”.
Also, replying Onanuga, Tunde Akerele @interflex2004 said: “NIGERIA is succeeding and SHE will continue to succeed.”
