Claim: Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, also Brenthurst Foundation chair, has advised Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu to engage the government of Zimbabwe and get advice on how to address the current unprecedented level of inflation Nigeria is facing.
Fact-check: Did Obasanjo urge President Tinubu to get advice from the Zimbabwean government on how to address inflation? Not really - FactCheckZW
Verdict: the claim that: 'former president of nigeria, olusegun obasanjo, also brenthurst foundation chair, has advised nigerian president, bola tinubu to engage the government of zimbabwe and get advice on how to address the current unprecedented level of inflation nigeria is facing,' has been rated as misleading. obasanjo is quoted as having said, 'we have this problem of galloping inflation in the country now but do we have a country with such problems recently? yes we do, zimbabwe had this problem recently. shouldn't we ask them how they did it even if our approach will be different? even if whatever we shall be doing will be different, we can ask questions to navigate our way out.' this was interpreted by media houses as obasanjo urging tinubu to 'seek advice' from zimbabwe as opposed to learning some lessons and asking questions from a country that has been dealing with 'galloping inflation' recently.
Organisation: FactCheckZW
Author: Lifaqane Nare
Date published: 2024-03-14T04:55:52