‘Let’s keep deceiving ourselves’ – Rufai Oseni disputes NBS 15.43 percent inflation

Arise Television anchor, Rufai Oseni, has questioned the credibility of Nigeria’s latest ostentation figures, disputing the 15.43 percent header ostentation complaint recorded successful July 2026.

Oseni made the remarks connected The Morning Show on Tuesday while reacting to the latest ostentation figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

The NBS, successful its Consumer Price Index and ostentation study released connected Monday, said Nigeria’s header ostentation fell to 15.43 percent successful July from 15.91 percent recorded successful June.

However, Oseni expressed doubts astir the accuracy of the data, arguing that the figures did not bespeak the realities faced by Nigerians successful the markets.

“I was speechmaking an nonfiction this morning. It was posted successful the DAILY POST newspaper, and it’s successful narration to these ostentation figures they are ever giving us.

“I don’t judge a batch of the information that comes retired of this administration.

“We cognize what was done. The basal twelvemonth was changed to a basal twelvemonth that Nigeria had the highest inflation.

“It took the IMF oregon World Bank to archer america that N8.8 trillion was spent connected extra-budgetary spending.

“Till today, we are inactive asking the Minister of Finance to springiness america a line-by-line breakdown of however that eight-point-something trillion was spent. We have...