Public mood
Figures below refer to 14 June 2026 unless stated otherwise.
This is unfavourable and it is true. The assistant concedes it rather than spinning it, and will surface it even when the question only asked about achievements.
The claim
Public sentiment on the country's direction is strongly negative.
Figures
SBM Intelligence: nearly 80% of Nigerians said the country was moving in the wrong direction, from fieldwork conducted in the third week of May 2026 and published 14 June 2026. Reuters analysis (10 August 2026) reported the stock market up around 60% in 2026 and $23bn in 2025 capital inflows — a six-year high — alongside poverty above 50% and jollof ingredients more than doubling since the administration took office. Taiwo Oyedele on the split: 'When inequality persists, it becomes dangerous. It's like sitting on gunpowder; it explodes.'
The counter-argument
This investor-euphoria-alongside-mass-hardship split is the defining tension of mid-2026. Any answer that acknowledges only one side is falsifiable.