The eldest son of President Bola Tinubu, Mr Seyi Tinubu, on Monday, pleaded with Nigerians to exercise patience with his father’s administration as they weather the challenging economic times.

This followed protests in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, where angry youths took to the streets to decry the rising cost of living. More so, a 41-year-old man identified as David Ubaha also staged a lone protest in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, to voice his complaints over the harsh economic situation.

In the past nine months in office, President Tinubu’s economic reforms have sparked collateral instability in the value of the Naira, heaping hardship on Nigerians as food prices continue to soar.

But Seyi, in an Instagram post, rehashed his father’s words from a national broadcast to mark the 63rd Independence Day anniversary last October.

Then, Tinubu said, “There is no joy in seeing the people of this nation shoulder burdens that should have been shed years ago. I wish today’s difficulties did not exist. But we must endure if we are to reach the good side of our future.”

Seyi declared that[b] he stands with his father and argued that the present generation “will yield the fruits of this hardship.”

The post carried hashtags such as #HaveFaithinHim, #NigeriaisinGreatHands, #OurGenerationwillYieldthefruitsofthishardship, #IStandwithOurPresident, #RenewedHope and #NigeriaismyHome.

However, Seyi’s message did not sit well with some Nigerians, who criticised the President’s son for living opulently while demanding sacrifice from the people.

A user named @King_ando1 remarked, “The most painful part is that this n*gga got a Richard Mille on his wrist while typing hardship.” The most affordable of a Richard Mill timepiece goes for about $48,000. While the Richard Mille RM 69 retails for around $750,000.

Another user named @Empresstok said, “How far are you enduring? You can say that to the masses cos you are not in their shoes.”

@ada_la_pinky simply said, “It’s hard for the masses,” while @akorede_dk quipped, “I believe you. May Allah make it easy for us.”

Hours earlier, a former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party at the 2023 polls, Atiku Abubakar, debated that Tinubu’s economic policies, especially the unification of the exchange rate, were implemented hastily without adequate planning and proper consultations with stakeholders.

Atiku criticised the government, saying, “The wrong policies of the Tinubu administration continue to cause untold pain and distress on the economy and the rest of us cannot keep quiet when the government has demonstrated sufficient poverty of ideas to redeem the situation.”

He argued, “Given Nigeria’s underlying economic conditions, adopting a floating exchange rate system would be an overkill. We would have encouraged the Central Bank of Nigeria to adopt a gradualist approach to FX management. A managed-floating system would have been a preferred option.”

Atiku observed that the Naira may fluctuate daily in such a system, but the CBN will step in to control and stabilise its value.

“Such control will be exercised judiciously and responsibly, especially to curb speculative activities,” he noted.

But the Presidency disagreed, saying, “Atiku’s alternative of a controlled floatation of the Naira is similar to the policy of Godwin Emefiele when an estimated $1.5bn was spent monthly to shore up the Naira, while arbitrage or round-tripping went on unhindered. Sadly, it was perpetrated by people close to the corridors of power.”

Source: https://punchng.com/Nigerians-slam-Seyi-Tinubu-for-preaching-endurance-over-economic-hardship

The guy thinks he is worth listening to.
Nobody send am.
He should go and talk to MC Oluomo and those that listen to him.

Even his father can't talk to Nigerians...leadership is earned

Toh

Nigerians don dey play basketball be that for slamming..

derecho:
The guy thinks he is worth listening to.
Nobody send am.
He should go and talk to MC Oluomo and those that listen to him.

Even his father can't talk to Nigerians...leadership is earned

Agbadorians and Bulabans listen to him, so he mistakes them for reasonable Nigerians.

This news is like over a month ago now

Lol
Him too dey suffer na, e no easy to hide or steal money 😭

Him own na financial hardship

malali:
Nigerians always hating at prosperity
If you dey vex tell your papa to go contest and win election.

Poverty is your problem. You will always be ruled by oppressors and you will always worship them.

What do you expect that evil 😈son of a gun to preach? You see these people have no conscience and sadly fools like that white haired goat called Wole Soyinka and young idiots like Seyi Law et al are their enablers and here we are 😡😡😡😡

Why insulting him please? Yarimo, one rotten bbq griller and others supported him and one hell anus also supported him atleast they’re seeing their daily bread from him.

Admin wey ban me, shey them don pay you the salary Abi? I’m still 100000% better than your generation

If you see this, this is a distress message

Lol seyi my guy!

adenigga:



Source: https://punchng.com/Nigerians-slam-Seyi-Tinubu-for-preaching-endurance-over-economic-hardship

Bulaba

His Father should have allowed his son to contest in in his place, he would have performed better than his father, I think the problem with tinubu is old age, and lack of wisdom.

derecho:
The guy thinks he is worth listening to.
Nobody send am.
He should go and talk to MC Oluomo and those that listen to him.

Even his father can't talk to Nigerians...leadership is earned

if you are angry with his father and Nigeria, why don't you just walk away and relocate to Afghanistan or Somalia.

He should lead by example by telling his father to cut cost of governance but what do I know? I never expected anything from them, so he should encourage their supporters that are always ready to die in the process of collecting rice.

Seriously tho... Seyi might want to quit making political statements.

No matter how well-intentioned they are, average Nigerians will never stomach them, not in the midst of so much pain and suffering.

Children of past heads of state knew better than to get involved in such matters...! He should take a cue from the kids of the Daura President.

Obidient ipob slam Seyi Tinubu. This is not unexpected

One person I am not expecting to speak is this boy, who cannot endure his parents relocation from Lagos to Abuja but he is encouraging us to endure hardship.

Preaching endurance to people that can't buy ordinary coke and bread to eat. . while he hides $3 Billion in some of his personal accounts.

Nigeria is a cruze. .

adenigga:

Source: https://punchng.com/Nigerians-slam-Seyi-Tinubu-for-preaching-endurance-over-economic-hardship

Does his smile not reflect the clown is taking us for a ride as if we are all part of Lagbaja’s 200 million mumu Nigerians

Because? Your father or Tinubu owns Nigeria?
Go and listen to him.
No sane person would listen to Seyi Tinubu.

On what capacity is he speaking?
If anything, he should go talk to his father NOT Nigerians

Omenlon:
if you are angry with his father and Nigeria, why don't you just walk away and relocate to Afghanistan or Somalia.

Baba is balling yet want us to endure
Make it make sense

Which Nigerian or you meant deluded and frustrated obirodents

Imagine a father declared family fasting. And he is seen by the younger children eating & drinking without limitations. Start by been patient with the national treasury, maybe others might see the need to wait.

K

The soup your papa and his government is cooking for Nigerian,you will surely eat enough from it, very soon...

They want agbadorians to be suffering and smiling while they gallivant in luxury life

Maybe he should advise them to jump to lagoon

Nigerians? Just check the names of the "Nigerians " slamming and see for yourself, emergency lovers of Nigeria.