Facts Vs Feelings: The U.S Rate Cut Impact On The Naira 

We love Arise News analysis team especially when we have Rotus and Rufai on seat. But, when it comes to financial matters, let the expert do his job. Emotions are real but the math does not lie! That is just my opinion. I give one love to the entire team!

Rotus is very good at his job and Rufai should stop this nonsense

Rotus and Rufai need their own short special 😂 that would be hilarious

Rufai has that emotional bigotry attitude that you don’t just want to see on a tv screen

Rufai allow economist to do their math

Rufai should taper it down with his emotions. It’s getting irritating!!!

Rotus is the economist here and I think Rufai should be less emotional. Dr Abati should make this correction behind the scenes not on live show.

Like for Rotus

Rufai dey alway think say na him get monopoly of knowledge. Being unessesary emotional.

Rotus no mind that emotional and nay saying Rufai. He never sees anything good in Nigeria. He calls Nigeria a joke. Always bad mouthing Nigeria on air and not factual. Thanks Rotus for correcting him.

I think it was totally unnecessary and unprofessional too for Dr Abati to reprimand the journalist on live television. He could’ve handled it a better way.

Dear Dr. Abati don't get irritated by the response of Rotus to Rufai, I think it's high time Rufai stop exposing his ignorance when Rotus is presenting an economic news or report. Rotus is a professional financial and economic journalist and knows his onion. Infact Rufai Mr. Social critics shouldn't be invited to contribute to Rotus analysis because he always make mess of pure economic analysis through his sentimental and jaundice view. While we can tolerate him in political gossiping and speculation Rufai should stay clear of economic discussion period.

Rufai, when you float, it means you're no longer using your reserve to support the local currency. So how does floating negatively affect your reserve? Same analogy with subsidy. Rotus, thank you for schooling Rufai.

Rotus 👏

Good job Reuben. Thanks for streamlining the team

Rotus, News Central would be glad to have you.

This guy called Rufai, Chai🤔 Be logical, less fixated and unnecessarily emotional about everything that has to do with the government, pls election is over.... Simple! You don't need to like the government, just professionally analyse and educate listeners without any iota of bias or unnecessary hatred or fixation! Pls just stop all this your hate spread, it's clearly even haunting your professionalism.... Biko! We all are in this together, you are not more Nigerian than any other Nigerians! @Mr Abbati, thanks for playing the elderly role there 💯👍 🇳🇬 God Bless Nigeria 🇳🇬

Even Abati dey go low sometimes. You can't know all especially when is not your field, Rufai is beclouded by emotions and sentiments.

After watching this again, Rotus needs to appreciate other people's perspectives Rufai needs to stop being emotional on national TV Abati needs to learn how to correct his colleagues in a more professional way and not this way. His outburst doesn't make sense in anyway. You will never see CNN guys correct their colleagues in an unprofessional way while the program is on... Arise TV crews still have a lot to learn from CNN. BE PROFESSIONAL

Rufai with his emotions..

This Rufai is just too emotional. Everything in life is not fight and argument.

Rotus, please don't be dettered from educating Rufai and co subtly as always....facts don't lie!

Rufai is sticking with the people while Rotus is sticking with facts😃😃😤🙀

Rufai and Rotus… Obidient Vs Agbadorian.

Rufai is always looking fir ways to attack the government and it understandable but he should let the maths speak for self.

Commm Abati, you don't have to scold your colleagues on air, that's shameful. You should learn to be professional as well; imagine anyone talking down on you on air, just as you did on them. The 2 Rs need come off it and respect each other, at least ON AIR! Thanks Ayo.

Maths does not lie

😂😂 truth is Rotus is right and Rufai is right likewise, in the coming days and months we will understand why. Yes its a differential and it's math and the naira may most likely appreciate. Truth is every other currency having USD as the quote currency is currently appreciating. Why so? Higher interest rates meant more strength for the US dollar. So differential or no differential lowering interest in someway reduced the strength of the US dollar as compared to other currencies. Now what rufai means, this doesn't necessarily mean that the Naira is doing well. We all know the government will look for the slightest appreciation to say yes, the naira is performing well. Based on economic projection the naira is still in a bad place, based on our numbers, inflation, food inflation, production, export, employment and all, we are still not having any improvement. So in the short term the naira will appreciate but long term we are still headed down.

Thank you Dr Abati rufia and rutos always disagreement at all time

I just love these guys in Arise❤…

Nigeria 🇳🇬 has collapsed already, BIAFRA is our future ✊🏾

Well, both were correct from their perspective.

I think Rotus is always quick to defend this government economic policies that come with negative consequences. Rufai seems right to him on the issue. Like previous experiences, naira will still underperform

Fact without good impact on human being is nonsense. Emotions set in when fact is speaking french in Nigeria. Rotus should respect the real happening in Nigeria not all this %. Nigeria is not other countries that respect feeling and show concerned

Scrotus and Ruffian! Both of you should stop fighting! 😂😂😂😂😅😅

Rufai is too emotional, he shouldn't pass opinion as fact.

Be civil and professional, Rotus!

There was actually no cause for alarm and both of them should just be open minded to different opinions as against coming to the show with the mindset of counter arguments. Rufai was simply saying the Federal Govt should not claim their policies are working if we starts seeing appreciation in Naira because it’s as a result of the US cut rate. And what Rotus did was simply to explain the economics behind that. There was no need for Rotus to have given responses back.

Rufai grammar and vocabulary is not technical analysis, what Rotus gave was an analysis which made a lot of logical sense. In a way both of you were right, but you (Rufai) first threw the jab, which he retaliated by making you look more stupid before the viewers

… but what Rufai said isn’t a lie. If money flows into Nigeria as a result of US rate reduction, don’t let cbn tell you they’ve done anything because the moment the rate increases, bye bye investments.

Rotus nah textbook economics

Rotus is a myopic economist

Its time the Management of Arise Handle this unprofessional show of shame. This is getting out of control. Its not about choosing whom is right or wrong. This unhealthy competition and rivalry is bad. If you cannot manage a small platform, how can you review the managers of the country?. Show respect to your viewers.

Rufus, just need to report and not try to spin the narrative, US rate cute has nothing to do with the rate of naira. Rate increase or cut is used to fight inflation in the US and sane countries where there's a transparency and accountability. Rufus should just report and then answer questions from the studio panels. Rufai is right to call him out on this.

I rufai stop acting as a anti politice if u are not in support of d current administration so do ur work directly not going against d new progress NIGERIA our country are just achieving

Rufai said the right thing knowing how government spins and gaslight. It wasn't an attack on Rotus. Rotus was the one that called rufai emotional.

Abati agbaya why are you laughing

This guy is too arrogant And heartless as well

sigh. At this point i think Arise is doing this for the clicks lmao

I 100% support Rufia👌. Rotus was unprofessional. Rotus has done this before by unprofessionally challanged Rufia, he later came back and apologised Rufia.

Bro, that's a meaningless compilation of saying nothing from Bismarck Rewane that you put on the screen and you were so proudly referencing. Typical of him, by the way. And what do you mean by your "cost price"? I'm talking determination, not general definition. Don't be too confident about things you don't understand very well Rotus. How could you talk about your (and his) so-called "guaranteed margin" (whatever that means) and cost of processing, and at the same time declare that pricing is not in your hands? I assume you were referring to the manufacturer, Dangote Refinery in this case. I don't mean to be insultive, but really how dumb is that? Is it a ghost that will figure out those for you? Let me put it simple, if it is your market (because it seems you have a strange definition of market) that is determining the price, why are you bothering us with "guaranteed margin" and cost of processing? Even going by what you both call whatever you both mean by "guaranteed margin", guaranteed margin exists only in Heaven, ok?? Get that clear. And if what you both mistakenly copied and pasted is guaranteeing of margin, that is opposite of what you're both preaching, and different from your meaningless "guaranteed margin"! Shebi where una spoil the country reach with una committed miseducation of the public, shebi una eyes go clear, abi?

I don’t like to listen to this rotus,he is a propagandist