P resident Bola Ahmed Tinubu says his government decided to cure Nigeria's long-standing sickness instead of just managing the pain. The President said this on Wednesday in his Independence Day broadcast to mark Nigeria's 66th anniversary. Tinubu explained that when he took over in 2023, the country's economy was in a very bad shape. He said it was like a patient who finds out he has cancer. According to him, the patient has two choices - to go through painful treatment to get well, or to just take painkillers and let the cancer spread. "For too long, Nigeria's leaders chose morphine while praying for a miracle that never came," the President said. "We chose to excise the cancer." He said the reforms that followed were hard and Nigerians felt the side effects, but they were necessary to save the economy from total collapse. Three years later, Tinubu said the signs of recovery are now clear. He said the economy has grown by over 4 percent this year, o...