The Presidency has rejected recent comments by the outgoing President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who claimed that Nigerians are worse off today than they were in 1960.
The rebuttal was issued in a statement by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, who criticized both the data cited by Adesina and the conclusions drawn from it.
According to Onanuga, Dr. Adesina reportedly stated that Nigeria’s GDP per capita was $1,847 in 1960, compared to $824 today. However, the Presidency argued that these figures are inaccurate and not supported by historical data.