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Nearly two years into President Bola Tinubu's sweeping economic reforms — including the removal of decades-old fuel subsidies and a painful naira devaluation — Nigeria is posting its strongest GDP growth in a decade while an estimated 141 million citizens live below the poverty line. With 93% of Nigerians telling pollsters the country is headed in the wrong direction, the disconnect between macroeconomic indicators and everyday reality has become the defining question of the Tinubu presidency.