I canโt resist the urge to weigh in here, given my vow before God and man to always be there to save my dear brother @ruffydfire from his self-inflicted journalistic shortcomings. What Iโm about to explain is publicly available material on Google: These are not different approvals. Itโs merely different stages of the same process/program. The FGN has always made it very clear that the 4 Trillion Naira approval was not final. See this news, from July 2025: โThe figure remains subject to downward revision, pending final validation. โWhile there is an anticipatory approval of this โฆ4 trillion bond programme, it is subject to negotiations and final settlement of agreements. Only the amounts that the federal government validly owes are the things that will make it into the [bond] issuanceโฆโโ Link here, via @vanguardngrnews: vanguardngr.com/2025/07/tinubuโฆ Whatโs different now / what has changed since then is that, according to @NigeriaGov, those audits and negotiations have now been done and a final settlement of 3.3 trillion reached. And GenCos have started signing settlement agreements. And thatโs not all, a first bond has been raised (see @ARISEtv reporting from January 2026), and payments have now finally started to Gencos and Gascosโwhich is what yesterdayโs @NGRPresident statement was all about. Will never tire of telling my dear Rufai that social media energy shouldnโt just be for commenting/trolling, it should also be for research, otherwise one risks descending from journalism to jejune-alism. You have a right to disagree with any policy, and critique it, but this right shouldnโt be based on or fueled by ignorance or by an unwillingness to do basic research. PS. And you should take time to read AriseTV news from time to time. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
