Presiden Bola Tinubu Tegaskan Reformasi Selamatkan Ekonomi Nigeria dari Kebangkrutan

Presiden Nigeria Bola Ahmed Tinubu menyatakan bahwa serangkaian reformasi ekonomi yang diterapkannya telah menstabilkan negara dan memulihkan kepercayaan investor pada Jumat, 29 Mei 2026. Langkah tersebut diambil di tengah krisis biaya hidup berat yang menjepit rumah tangga pada tahun ketiga masa kepemimpinannya.

Kebijakan pengetatan sejak 2023 termasuk penghentian subsidi bensin, pemangkasan subsidi listrik, dan devaluasi mata uang naira. Langkah-langkah tersebut memicu lonjakan inflasi, termasuk harga pangan seperti ubi jalar yang naik dari 800 naira pada 2023 menjadi 5.000 naira pada 2026.

"Today, I can say with confidence that Nigeria has stabilised and is moving forward again. Across the country, visible progress is taking shape," ujar Tinubu, Presiden Nigeria.

Melalui pidato nasional dalam memperingati ulang tahun ketiga pemerintahannya, Tinubu mengakui reformasi ini menyakitkan namun mulai membuahkan hasil makroekonomi yang kuat. Ia merujuk pada lonjakan pasar saham hingga rekor 250.000 poin serta pembangunan lebih dari 2.700 kilometer jalan.

"Subsidy no longer fit justify im ever-increasing costs in di wake of drying resources," kata Tinubu, Presiden Nigeria.

Keputusan menghentikan subsidi tersebut diklaim berhasil menyelamatkan keuangan negara. Pemulihan ekonomi ini disampaikan langsung oleh kepala negara saat menjamu para gubernur dalam perayaan Sallah di Abuja.

"It was challenging at the time, but we survived. We face litigation and accusations. We survived them. Instead of bankruptcy, Nigeria has survived. The economy has recovered. It is growing. Agriculture is booming.

Today I was watching some clips of the Sokoto -Badagry axis. Imagine how many dams on that corridor for irrigation, for farm land, for electricity. Well, many of you have survived and promoted the perseverance of many of our people, asking them to trust this government, and you have built that trust around one person: my leadership. I thank you very much" tutur Tinubu, Presiden Nigeria.

Tinubu juga mengapresiasi para gubernur yang kini tidak lagi bergantung pada pinjaman pemerintah pusat untuk membayar gaji. Ia optimis kedaulatan pangan dapat tercapai jika pemerintah daerah mengelola lahan pertanian dengan efektif.

"The economy has recovered. Macroeconomic indices are doing very well. Construction is ongoing on roads and infrastructure; the ones abandoned have been rehabilitated.

The housing industry is coming on very well. Agriculture will prosper again. We will achieve food sovereignty if we utilise the land that is in your possession and in your various states effectively," tambah Tinubu, Presiden Nigeria.

Wakil Presiden Kashim Shettima memuji keberanian presiden dalam menghadapi tantangan besar serta memberantas korupsi di industri minyak. Menurutnya, langkah berani ini merekayasa ulang masa depan bangsa.

" Your Excellency, Mr President, this is the essence of your leadership. You did not come to power in the season of ease. You came at a time when the house required more than a canter. It required a builder with the courage to examine the foundation you inherited.

In that defining hour, you choose not to postpone the surgery. You choose not to massage the wound. You choose to confront the contradictions that have held this country hostage for 50 years; that is the miracle of your courage.

What you have done is not simply to administer a government. You have begun the difficult work of re-engineering a nation. You have reminded us that the reform is not a bank; it is a battlefield. It is not a picnic for the chicken-hearted. It is a covenant with the future," ucap Kashim Shettima, Wakil Presiden Nigeria.

Ketua Forum Gubernur Nigeria sekaligus Gubernur Negara Bagian Kwara, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, menyatakan dukungan penuh terhadap dampak positif reformasi fiskal tersebut. Berkat penghapusan subsidi, pendapatan negara bagian meningkat pesat sehingga mampu melunasi utang gaji serta pensiun.

"I think the nation was shocked by the audacity of Mr President to implement that serious policy, but today, it benefited immensely from that policy.

Many states were subject to issuing bonds and borrowing money. Today, states are not going to borrow money; they're not going to issue Bonds. In fact, we're reducing our debt. I urge your Excellency to let them discuss moving the minimum wage to a minimum of N100,000" kata Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Gubernur Negara Bagian Kwara.

Gubernur Negara Bagian Imo, Hope Uzodinma, ikut mengapresiasi kepemimpinan tegas yang dinilai telah menarik Nigeria keluar dari jurang kehancuran. Pihaknya memberikan penilaian sempurna atas kinerja presiden.

"We are the frontline beneficiaries of the innovative approach you brought to bear in governance. We came to join you in thanking Almighty God who made this thing possible. You have virtually recovered Nigeria from the brink of collapse to a state of stability and survival.

Your Excellency, we, the field officers at the subnational level, are indeed very grateful. We have assessed your performance, Mr President, and I'm happy to announce that we have scored it a 100 per cent. We thank you for the genius you are, the fatherly role you have played, your interventions in terms of our needs and your vision for the country, moving forward," sebut Hope Uzodinma, Gubernur Negara Bagian Imo.

Di sisi lain, laporan BBC News Pidgin merangkum keluhan warga mengenai dampak langsung reformasi ini terhadap melemahnya daya beli masyarakat. Selain masalah ekonomi, analisis keamanan dari Ayobami Akinola menyoroti tantangan berat berupa aksi kelompok kriminal bersenjata, penculikan, hingga pemberontakan kelompok Islamis di timur laut.