Nigeria, June 26 -- Nigeria has gone through countless reform agendas since independence. In the democratic dispensation, successive administrations have anchored their political successes on promises of reform in one aspect or another of the Nigerian polity. Nigeria is, of course, not alone in this pattern. The Brexit campaign in the United Kingdom fundamentally altered British politics and led to the exit of David Cameron as the Prime Minister, while the "Make America Great Again" movement reshaped American political discourse and ultimately returned President Donald Trump to office for a second term.

President Tinubu campaigned on economic reforms and repeatedly urged Nigerians to brace for a crescendo-like journey toward economic rec...