Why US report on Nigeria’s fiscal policy is faulty – Analyst, Ude

A nationalist affairs expert and ineligible practitioner, John Ude, Esq., has explained wherefore the United States’ appraisal of Nigeria’s fiscal transparency is faulty.

In a connection connected Friday, Ude said the appraisal was flawed erstwhile placed side-by-side with verifiable fiscal accusation connected Nigeria.

DAILY POST reports that the US Department of State’s 2026 Fiscal Transparency data, published connected Tuesday, scored the Nigerian authorities nether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s medication poorly, citing a deficiency of fiscal honesty implicit vague gross and expenditure disclosures.

Reacting, Ude said the US study should not beryllium treated arsenic a implicit appraisal of Nigeria’s fiscal performance.

“The US report, released connected Tuesday, said Nigeria failed to conscionable the minimum requirements for fiscal transparency for the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth and made nary important advancement successful improving its fiscal absorption successful 2025.

“The information that the study acknowledges the work of the enacted budget, end-of-year study and indebtedness accusation demonstrates that determination are functioning transparency mechanisms wrong the system.

“We are not arguing that Nigeria has achieved perfection successful fiscal transparency. There are gaps that indispensable ...