From the Editor – This Week’s Tell Magazine Edition (July 15, 2024)

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The administration of President Bola Tinubu is two months into its second year but efforts at fixing the economy appear to be creating nothing but bubbles. The value of the national currency nosedives, as imported goods including food and medicines are out of reach.

The citizenry, hacked by the apparent insensitivity of the ruling class, are angry. Critics talk about incompetence, while sympathisers insist that fixing an economy that was in shambles cannot be done in
one year. Nigerians are circumspect because that reminds them of the sing-song of the former administration, a forebear of the present. The editorial board decided that we look at the journey from 2015 when the All-Progressives Congress, APC, took power with the promise of bringing about change
in the country. The mandate also included an assessment of how Muhammadu Buhari, a retired general known for uncompromising attitude and distaste for corruption allowed himself to be defeated by insecurity for which he had mocked Goodluck Jonathan before him. Shortly before this edition went to bed, a suicide bomber, believed to have been a guest at a wedding ceremony in Borno State sent scores of people to their graves. Part of the campaigns in 2014 was that Buhari, a no-nonsense general, has the magic wand to end all shades of terror in the land. He failed.
The former president also ran away with the awards of supervising large-scale corruption and gross mismanagement of the economy.
Our special report, Nine Years of Chaos, which chronicles these misadventures, is written by Anayochukwu Agbo, general editor and our Abuja bureau chief.

In the course of producing this edition, we got a call for approval of a long-time request for an interview with Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. The result is the cover titled Let the States Lead Change. The governor, a finance expert who had predicted a crisis in the economy during the administration of Buhari, believes that efforts at changing the country from the centre appear problematic because of vested interests. So, he said when reforms begin to yield results at the sub-national levels, antagonists of restructuring of the country may be converted. He speaks on the reforms he had made in the state, his political battles and how he is able to stand out among his peers to pay N70,000 minimum wage. The
interview was conducted by Wola Adeyemo, executive editor. There was a prelude to that interview. The TELL team led by Nosa Igiebor, president and editor-in-chief of the magazine conferred an award on Obaseki for Exceptional Courage in Leadership. It was in recognition of his outstanding performance and courage to stand up to traditional political interest in order to effectively galvanise development in the state. With Igiebor to present the award were Dejo Oyawale, the chief operating officer and Adeyemo.
We also serve you goings on in the royal drama in Kano. The story, Kano Emirate: Sanusi Returns, Bayero Adamant, is written by Wale Suleiman.
Do have a blessed week ahead!