FACT CHECK · LIBERIA
False! NSA’s 2026 budget not US$18 million
Liberia
Governor Akeredolu’s claim that Ondo state monthly IGR has increased to over N1.5 billion was TRUE as the state generated an average monthly IGR of N2.07 billion in 2018. However, his claim that his administration improved the state IGR from N700 million was PARTLY FALSE as the state average monthly IGR from 2012 to 2015 has been more than N700 million, except in 2016 when it fell by 14 percent to N723.7 million!
It is totally inaccurate to put the blame of PZ's unflattering economic fortunes solely on Buhari's administration.
The president’s claim that crude oil was selling for $100 per barrel between 1999 and 2014 is FALSE as available data showed that the figure is $61.7 per barrel. Nevertheless, it was confirmed that Nigeria’s oil production figure is an average of 2.1m barrels per day.
The minister says “Agriculture and agric value chain alone have created more than 5-7 million jobs.”