CONSUMER AWARENESS IN SCHOOLS
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AS A PARENT/GUARDIAN
You enrol your child in a school. After completing the admission process, the school provides a list of books, stationery and uniforms to purchase.
You find the same approved and equivalent items at another shop at a lower price and decide to buy them there.
But the school tells you:
“No. You must buy them from us. We don’t accept books or uniforms purchased elsewhere.”
⚠�� KNOW THIS:
Where equivalent approved products are reasonably available elsewhere, parents and guardians should generally be free to choose where to purchase them.
A school should not unnecessarily restrict parents from buying equivalent approved books, uniforms or stationery from other suppliers.
YOU HAVE A CHOICE.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
SPEAK UP.
HAVE A CONSUMER PROTECTION CONCERN?
Report your grievance to LASCOPA:
Email: [email protected]
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Call: 081 2499 3895 / 091 5389 4878
As schools prepare to reopen, know your rights and speak up when you encounter a consumer protection concern.
Report it to LASCOPA.
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THE BIG PICTURE THE COST OF REFORM VS NOT REFORMING
The numbers tell a resource story: ₦20.4 trillion in incremental Federal resources, alongside an existing revenue base, helped fund ₦30.64 trillion in incremental expenditure.
The Reform Scorecard presents these figures not simply as revenue gains, but as an account of what was mobilized, where it went, and what fiscal pressures the reforms helped prevent. That is the context in which the numbers should be assessed.
The story moves from the resource-generation angle, into the broader Reform Scorecard: the No Reform Scenario, the benefits, the costs, and the harms the reforms are presented as having prevented.
NUMBERS THAT TELL THE RENEWED HOPE STORY
Having shown where the money came from and where it went, the Reform Scorecard goes further: it compares Nigeria's position before the reforms, the current position, and what the Goverment estimates could have happened without the reforms.
Here are 12 numbers that tell the story of what changed — and what the reforms sought to prevent.
1/12 — Debt Service (The Approx ~50% Projection)
Debt service consumed approximately 100% of revenue in 2022. The current projection is about 50% in 2026. The Ministry's no-reform estimate puts the ratio at 100–200%, underscoring the fiscal sustainability challenge the reforms were designed to address.
2/12 —Tax As A share of GDP ( ~12.5%)
Nigeria's tax-to-GDP ratio has moved from below 10% at baseline to approximately 12.5% currently. The Government estimates that without the reforms, it could have fallen to about 6%. This is particularly significant because the reform agenda seeks to increase the government's capacity to fund public services from sustainable domestic revenue.
3/12 — Insolvent STATES
States unable to pay salaries: At the May 2023 baseline, 27 states were unable to reliably pay salaries. The current position is 0 states.
The Ministry's no-reform estimate is at least 30 states, leading it to characterize the outcome as the prevention of a potential state-level fiscal crisis.
4/12 — Legacy Ways and Means
Nigeria inherited a ₦30 trillion legacy Ways and Means stock in May 2023.
The Ministry says the stock has since been curtailed, whereas its no-reform estimate puts the potential position at at least ₦60 trillion and rising.
The significance is the attempt to move away from structural dependence on monetary financing.
5/12 — Gross foreign reserves
Gross foreign reserves have risen from approximately $35 billion at the May 2023 baseline to $52.5 billion as of July 2026. The Ministry's no-reform estimate is $15–25 billion. The scorecard therefore presents the rebuilding of external buffers as one of the major gains from the reform program.
6/12 — Net foreign reserves
Net foreign reserves have moved from approximately $3 billion in 2023 to $34.8 billion at the end of 2025. Without the reforms, the Ministry estimates net reserves could have been near zero or negative. This is presented as a major strengthening of Nigeria's external financial buffer.
7/12 — FX premium
The official/parallel exchange-rate premium has fallen from 60%+ at baseline to less than 5%. The Ministry estimates that without reform, the premium could have reached 150–200% or more. The scorecard describes this as major normalization of the foreign-exchange market.
8/12 — Capital importation
Total capital importation rose from $1.13 billion in Q1 2023 to $10.37 billion in Q1 2026. The no-reform estimate is $1–3 billion per quarter. The Ministry therefore presents the increase as evidence of a strong recovery in investor confidence and capital inflows.
9/12 — Foreign Direct Investment
FDI increased from $895 million in 2022 to $4.01 billion in 2025. The Ministry estimates that without the reforms, FDI could have fallen below $500 million. The scorecard characterizes the current position as better and growing stronger.
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AUGUST 19th. 2026- AS THE OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN SEASON OPENS IN NIGERIA AS PER INEC TIME TABLE, PRESIDENT TINUBU’s GOVERNMENT PUTS FORTH A COMPELLING NARRATIVE ON :
NIGERIA'S REFORM SCORECARD: 12 NUMBERS THAT TELL THE RENEWED HOPE STORY
In telling the Renewed Hope Story today with numbers, the Honourable Minister of Finance, Prof. Taiwo Oyedele, presented the Reform Scorecard providing a detailed account of the resources mobilized under President Tinubu’s economic reforms since 2023. The Government finally told the story- where the money came from, where it went to and how it has benefited the citizenry.
Here are the 12 key numbers.
1/12 — ₦15.8 TRILLION
Subsidy savings mobilized
Between June 2023 and December 2025, subsidy savings mobilized ₦15.8 trillion for the Federation. This represents resources freed up following the removal of the fuel subsidy and made available within the Federation's fiscal system.
2/12 — ₦5.4 TRILLION
Federal Government's share
Of the ₦15.8 trillion in subsidy savings, ₦5.4 trillion accrued to the Federal Government. The remaining ₦10.4 trillion was shared with states and local governments.
3/12 — ₦10.4 TRILLION
States and local governments
States and local governments received ₦10.4 trillion from the subsidy savings. This is important because the fiscal effect of subsidy removal was not confined to the Federal Government; a substantial portion flowed through Federation revenue sharing to subnational governments.
4/12 — ₦3.1 TRILLION
Incremental independent revenue
The Federal Government generated ₦3.1 trillion in incremental independent revenue, principally through remittances from government-owned entities. This formed part of the additional resources available to the Federal Government during the period.
5/12 — ₦11.9 TRILLION
Incremental borrowing
The Federal Government recorded ₦11.9 trillion in incremental borrowing.
The Minister's point is that borrowing would have been substantially higher, and economically destabilizing, without the fiscal space created by the reforms.
6/12 — ₦20.4 TRILLION
Total incremental Federal resources
Taken together, subsidy savings accruing to the Federal Government, incremental independent revenue and incremental borrowing brought total Federal Government incremental resources to ₦20.4 trillion.
7/12 — ₦30.64 TRILLION
Incremental expenditure
Those additional resources partly funded ₦30.64 trillion in incremental expenses. The Government therefore makes clear that the resources generated did not sit idle; they were deployed alongside the existing revenue base to meet additional government expenditure.
8/12 — ₦9.39 TRILLION
Wages, minimum wage and allowances
The largest incremental expenditure line was ₦9.39 trillion for wage adjustments; minimum wage increases and allowances for public servants. The Minister specifically notes that this amount exceeded the Federal Government's entire ₦5.4 trillion share of subsidy savings.
11/12 — ₦9.37 TRILLION
External debt service
Another ₦9.37 trillion went to external debt service made necessary by exchange-rate depreciation. Together, wages and external debt service accounted for the two largest incremental expenditure lines.
12/12 — ₦6.5 TRILLION
Strategic infrastructure
The third-largest incremental expenditure line was ₦6.5 trillion for strategic infrastructure.
This was part of the ₦30.64 trillion in incremental expenses recorded over the period.
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Omo! 😳😳🙆🙆🙆 This is insane!
The Federal Executive Council under President Tinubu also broke the record for the most road contract approvals in a single sitting today with a total of ten major road projects approved by the council.
- N1.79tn for the 5th section of the Sokoto-Badagry Expressway which is a 360km dual carriageway.
- N1.86tn extension of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway through Akwa Ibom State
- N548.98bn contract for the full rebuild of the Carter Bridge in Lagos
- N178bn for reconstruction of the 128km Mando-Birnin Gwari Road in Kaduna State
- Two sections of the Trans-Sahara Highway totaling 296km
- N295bn for dualisation of the Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Road in Oyo and Ogun states, which runs 56Km by two
- The Oshogbo-Akoda-Bunga Road in Osun State (59.2 kilometres, N101bn)
- Oshogbo-Iwo-Ibadan Road in Osun State (90.9 kilometres, N114bn).
- The Yobe-to-Gombe section which runs 125 kilometres, a dual carriageway and also received approval at a contract sum of N1.25 trillion.
Make i come leave this man go vote for one agulu fraud or Adamawa Oriogbade, dey play 😂😂
President Bola Tinubu has just approved the Osogbo-Iwo-Ibadan road. Feels so good to have your hometown in FG plan. I am elated beyond word.
This particular road pass directly infront of my house in Iwo.
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ON YOUR MANDATE!!!
@Omonegho04 May Allah (SWT) pardon his shortcomings and admit him into the highest ranks of Paradise.
May He grant you and your family patience, fortitude, and ease in this moment of grief.
Aameen.