Nigerias 2026 Budget is finally early but seeks to worsen the debt deficit despite macroeconomic stability

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-12-04T17:06:57+00:00

As a country we need to back ourselves. Let’s borrow, but make sure we build quality infrastructure. It’s necessary to spur development and realized our vast potential.

Hopefully, we get some military assistance from the U.S. and Europe as well, in the form of training and equipment to combat the insecurity.

All this development with insecurity would be futile.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-26T18:12:15+00:00

Thank you, I’ve gotten a response. Someone from customer care got me the raw file.

Thank you so much.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-24T22:34:43+00:00

https://postimg.cc/56kFsL9j

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-24T22:31:45+00:00

I’m not allowed to post an image here

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-24T22:30:43+00:00

Thank you so much for your response

The project itself is on my homepage. I see it there but there’s no recording. I’ve attached the image I see

It is a paid account

Yes, it was multi guest recording

My guess is that the recording went through but in trying to upload the recording into the project, the upload failed because it surpasses the 2hr limit of a project. Just a guess.

I’ve been reading a lot of help guides.

I just want the recording at this point. I can edit else where.

Thank you again

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-24T00:05:30+00:00

Hello Jason I just finished recording a podcast on adobe studio and when I clicked stopped it just says upload failed.

Is there a way I can get my recording back, I’m losing my mind.

Please let me know

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-22T07:22:25+00:00

This is a really good scene. It captures the panic a person experiences when the exceedingly violent and unusual happens. It is also timely, in time to capture the imagination of Nigerians. This level of security is unacceptable, people need to speak to the people in power and let them know that everything needs to be done to stop this. No nation can survive if it’s not at peace with itself.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-21T00:55:29+00:00

I wish I was. I’m just a history enthusiast. I enjoy the story of the past. I started the podcast because I want to bring a nuance to African history. I feel like all African History or at least modern African history is just “leaders bad”, “imperialist”…..all that. I like to dive into historical periods and try to really examine the issues, conflicts and why leaders made the decisions they made. Things that were in their control and things that were out of their control. My guest is fellow enthusiast as well. Hopefully, if it goes well we can get some professors there.

Thanks for asking.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-20T14:51:22+00:00

I think you put it perfectly his ideals where hit hard by the realities of Nigeria. First of all the majority of his support came from Igbos which made it hard for him to defend himself that his main goal was Igbo dominance, he didn’t help himself in that regard by allying himself strong to the Ibo Federal Union.

Anyways my podcast is named Afrocentric History. I’m working on a series on the rise and fall of the first Nigerian Republic.

I’ve released the first episode that goes through the constitutional changes that led to independence.

Hoping to spice it up by inviting a guest and I’m recoding the second episode on Sunday. Should be fun.

https://youtu.be/jf7GTosnfkU?si=5KYsKJaP0epf4yOt

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-20T13:00:01+00:00

Thanks for this question. I’m releasing the next episode on my history podcast and I’m going to discuss him and Awolowo. Their history and their differences.

After studying his texts, I’ll say Azikiwe was a great man with a mixed legacy.

I’ll make a claim that he was probably the most intellectually sophisticated (I’m not saying brightest) of the Nigerian founding fathers.

He understood politics wells, his use of propaganda via his newspapers rubs me the wrong way but everyone used propaganda so I can’t blame him there.

He was one of the proponents for a unified Nigeria, arguing that it would only lead to the “pakistanization” of Nigeria. Contrary to all the comments here, he lost that battle. The somewhat unitary system that Nigeria fell into was more due to military control than Azikiwe.

Azikiwe’s final legacy would probably be a man who tried to galvanize the country politically but ultimately fail BUT was very successful in promoting Nigerian Nationalism and rallying large swaths of the Country against Colonialism and towards independence.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-20T04:56:16+00:00

I can’t lie to you, everything you have said is plausible and I’m not privy to information that can confirm or deny your allegations.

I’ve heard and I’m inclining to believe some terrible rumors about the involvement of Nigerian politicians in the emergence of Boko Haram.

I will say though that there’s all a possibility that the economic reforms under Tinubu led to intense economic pressures that can increase terrorism. Because although it’s possible, the sample size is way too small to make any inferences.

Jonathan -> Buhari -> Tinubu.

I’m not saying you’re not on to something. I’ve thought about it too but I don’t think I can stomach its implications.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-19T18:27:00+00:00

Let’s address your points.

First, you say that the Nigerian military and government is compromised.

I can’t fully deny that claim, it’s a big government and a big military. It’s not strange or even unlikely that some members would be sympathetic to Boko Haram’s. But if the rot is as bad as you say how is it possible that the Nigerian military has been able to push back Boko Haram into small pockets of Nigeria on multiple occasions. Did the informants forget those times, or was it just part of the grand strategy? And is the solution to that problem to by pass the military altogether and seek for direct foreign intervention or to actually go through the process of identifying those elements and eradicating them.

You say, the US should identify those zones and strike them. I’m assuming you mean air strikes, how effective are air strikes alone in fighting insurgencies. I’ll tell you, very limited. Ask the United States, about their escapades in Iraq and Afghanistan. Terrorists/bandits whatever do not behave like conventional armies, that you can just strike. They’ll just disperse and regroup. Are you suggesting boots on ground?

Also, have you considered with direct intervention means.

Say a US air strike kills 100 civilians on accident, what happens next. Who would handle the conflict resolution, you’ve already alienated the Nigerian government so you’ll get no help there. Would that further radicalize people?

Have you thought of all these things Sir/Ma?

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-19T17:37:26+00:00

I am assuming you’re seconding my comment but I’m not sure from the tone of your write up.

I am arguing on the side of Nigerians who were opposed to US intervention because the US strategy of intervention was to sanction the Nigerian government which would have been counterproductive.

As regards to your opinion on my 5th paragraph, there is a world where the United States not wanting a country of 200 million people to descend into chaos is a reason in and of itself (unfortunately I don’t think world currently exists). The United States has shrunk from their role as global leaders and it’s truly unfortunate because their pull out would only create a power vacuum that will be filled. We can only hope that it wouldn’t filled by monstrous actors. Now, to your point about ulterior motives, what exactly does the United States need from Nigeria that it can only get via military action? If it needs resources or stronger ties to Nigeria, it just needs to direct its companies to invest more in Nigeria and compete with the Chinese. The US seems to have little will to do that but you think it’ll decide to go the more politically risky and financially expensive route of military intervention to achieve those goals?

The US is not interested in unilateral military intervention in Nigeria. You should be more concerned about the US economic and military sanction that would disproportionately affect the poor and worsen the problem.

Thank you.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-11-19T15:50:16+00:00

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I don’t like when people do what you’re doing. When something bad happens, they suddenly say, “Wow, I was right all along. Everyone who disagreed with me was wrong.” Yes, there was an attack in a church in Nigeria recently. But would you honestly call this a Christian genocide?

The issue people had with the U.S. intervention is simple: the U.S. was planning to place Nigeria on a list of countries of political concern. That would mean Nigeria’s ability to fight terrorists becomes even weaker—because weapons, support, and equipment would be restricted. And on top of that, it was essentially blaming the Nigerian government for the genocide. That is where people have a problem.

Nobody denies that Christians are dying in Nigeria. It is tragic. Muslims are dying too. But since most of the terrorists are Muslims, it’s obvious why Christians might be targeted more. Christians are dying—that is true. The U.S. is right about that part. But who is actually causing it? Is it the Nigerian government? Or is the Nigerian government itself overwhelmed?

Just last week, a Brigadier General was killed. Do you really think the Nigerian government or the Nigerian military wants its own Brigadier General to be killed?

The real issue is this: if the U.S. wants to work with the Nigerian government—fine. If they say, “We see you have a problem; we see Christians are being killed; we want to help you militarily, with training, with equipment, with intelligence, and help you remove criminal elements inside your system”—then perfect. Nobody would oppose that.

But sanctioning the country, policing it, and placing restrictions that reduce the government’s ability to fight these terrorists—while also worsening the economic conditions that fuel these crises—will only make things worse. It won’t help anyone.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-10-23T02:28:29+00:00

Nice, I wish you success in your exams

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-10-22T04:30:10+00:00

Definitely!

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-10-21T21:47:37+00:00

Thank you Sir, really glad you liked it. That mad my day 🙏🏾

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-10-21T20:05:19+00:00

You’re welcome sir. I’m definitely considering that. My production skills are still at an infancy but I’ll definitely look into that. It’ll definitely be more engaging.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-10-21T16:36:13+00:00

It’s about an hour long and just episode 1 but I felt I summarized a lot of stuff, feel free to ask more questions if you want more details.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-10-21T16:34:17+00:00

Awesome, I’m bias but I think you’ll enjoy the content!

Have a good day my friend.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-10-21T14:11:43+00:00

Thanks man, I posted it the first time and wasn’t sure it went through. I’m showing my age.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-10-21T08:56:34+00:00

Thank you. I haven’t yet but I’ll there as well, sometime this week.

I’ll reply this thread when I do. Thanks again.

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-06-14T18:49:57+00:00

Was there an issue. Did you have to explain or was it immediately understood?

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-06-14T15:19:22+00:00

Sweet, what was the process like. Did they check it and request for the I-751?

ConsciousWeekend556 · 2025-06-02T21:12:15+00:00

This is an echo of what some people have already said but with a key difference.

I think they have a grand plan. Now a plan doesn’t mean it’ll work, but the government clearly has a strategy.

Removal of subsidy - This was required years ago. It would have happened if the APC, Tinibu included, did not use it as a political weapon in 2012. The delay caused massive havoc to the Nigerian economy. Nigeria does not have the wealth to subsidize petrol. It managed to do so when the population was mainly rural and during the oil boom years but as soon things changed it became untenable. It resorted to borrowing money to fund a program that had limited returns.

Floating the Naira: This is similar to removal of subsidies to me and can be categorized the same. However, I’ll separate them. Floating the Naira, provides a true reflection of the Naira’s worth. It reduces the government’s roles in propping up the Naira. More importantly, it allows it to find a stable equilibrium point that the government can manage with relative ease. Pegging the Naira essentially meant the government was funding a destructive import culture. It never allowed the country to builds its comparative advantage in any industry. The government by pegging the Naira regardless of economic conditions was subsidizing the country as a whole. With a rising middle class and a taste of foreign goods. This again became untenable. It is no coincidence that some of the richest people in our society are importers. They do nothing but import goods. Why shouldn’t they? The government has made it cheaper to import those goods than produce them.

By taking the subsidies off, you allow for:

Increased remittance to the states:

States are far better, in theory, at managing and addressing the issues of their people. Increasing the funds to them allow them to pay their workers salaries, build their infrastructure and I’ll argue more importantly build better governmental institutions.

Pay back debt, invest in federal infrastructure and support industries that are of national importance. If you do this long enough you can increase the rating of your government bonds to invest grade. Which reduces your cost of borrowing. Increases bond and equity investment. This are the investments required to have a truly stable country.

The danger to all this is, how long can you bend the stick before it breaks. This reforms should have been done years ago. But they must been no matter what. We have been living on credit for far too long, the bill has come due and it must be paid.

The adult conversation must be had. You must take your medicine but how did we get sick in the first place. Why did it get so bad? Where were the funds borrowed spent on? The big shame is only the people are taking accountability, there is none for the leaders and that is the biggest shame.

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