Nigeria, May 5 -- The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has faulted the claim by Akinwunmi Adesina, the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), that Nigerians are worse off today than at independence in 1960.

Mr Onanuga made the assertion on his Facebook page on Sunday, noting the AfDB chief claimed that Nigeria's GDP per capita was $1,847 in 1960 against $824 today, adding that the statement does not align with available data.

"According to available data, our country's GDP was $4.2 billion in 1960, and per capita income for a population of 44.9 million was $93-ninety-three, not even one hundred dollars," he stated.

"Our country's GDP did not rise remarkably until the 1970s w...