Group Hails Tinubu Reforms, Projects Robust GDP Growth

A group, the Independent Media and Policy Initiative (IMPI), has said the new economic model deployed by the President Bola Tinubu administration will drive the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) higher in 2026 and beyond.

In a statement signed by its chairman, Dr Omoniyi Akinsiju, IMPI projected that the economy would hit 5.5% in 2026, higher than the forecast of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

He said, “We made it clear in that statement that the Nigerian economy under the current administration had engendered a paradigm shift from perennial dependency on crude oil earnings to policy-driven economic facilitation.

“This refers to the deliberate use of governmental policies, regulations, and institutional frameworks to reduce obstacles, lower costs, and speed up economic activities, particularly in trade and investment.

“The facilitation, in this context, aims to foster sustainable, inclusive growth by improving efficiency and reducing red tape.

“Seven months after that questionable projection by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), we have seen a volte-face.  In an epiphany-like realisation, the IMF now speaks of a resurgent Nigerian economy, as reflected in the global multilateral institution’s revised Nigerian economic outlook, which projects 4.4 per cent economic growth for 2026.

“This is the highest GDP growth projection by IMF over the last 17 years, a real expression of confidence in the Nigerian economy,” Akinsiju said.

The group also referenced the general consensus on Nigeria’s growth prospects, which it attributed to the economic model adopted by the President Bola Tinubu administration.

“Beyond the IMF’s new GDP projection, we have observed a consensus around a higher than four per cent economic growth performance expectation of the Nigerian economy by virtually all known individual and public economic commentators.

“While the Nigerian Government projected 4.68 per cent growth in 2026, the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) projected a massive 7 per cent, 1.5 per cent higher than the Nigeria Economic Summit Group’s 5.5 per cent for the year,” the group said.