₦airaland Forum

JimRohn:
Your entire rant is nothing but gymnastics to excuse failure. Nigerians are not fooled. You twist debt, allocations, and responsibilities as if people can eat theories. The truth is simple: Tinubu asked for power, promised Renewed Hope, and in one year delivered nothing but renewed suffering. That is not Buhari’s ghost, not Jonathan’s shadow — it is Tinubu’s reckless handiwork.

Stop shifting goalposts. Before May 2023, Nigerians could still buy rice at ₦30k, fuel at ₦200, and transport at a rate that didn’t swallow salaries. Today, under Tinubu, rice is ₦70k, petrol is ₦860, transport has tripled, and the naira collapsed to over ₦1,500/$ before fake “stabilization.” That is not inheritance — that is direct consequence of a man who removed subsidy overnight without planning, floated the naira like a casino gambler, and left millions to drown.

And spare us the childish excuse that “governors should spend allocations.” Who increased the hardship in the first place? Who pushed the poor into deeper poverty with careless policies? Leadership is not about throwing citizens into fire and then saying “LG should quench it.” A real leader plans, cushions, and protects his people. Tinubu did none of that. He imposed pain, bragged about it, and now sends his supporters to defend failure with insults.

Comparing Nigeria’s hunger to South Africa’s poverty is laughable. South Africans still enjoy stable power, working hospitals, functioning schools, and social welfare — Nigerians under Tinubu enjoy none. Here, people trek because transport is unaffordable, beg because food is unreachable, and die because hospitals are inaccessible. That is Tinubu’s legacy.

So let’s call it what it is: Tinubu is not a reformer, he is an economic arsonist. He didn’t inherit paradise, but he turned a crisis into catastrophe. Nigerians don’t eat your IMF repayments, your debt ratios, or your propaganda. They eat food, pay rent, and survive daily — and Tinubu has made even survival a luxury.

Mock El-Rufai or Obi all you like; the real clown sits in Aso Rock, a man who begged for power for decades and, when finally given the chance, collapsed the economy in record time. Tinubu has failed, is failing, and come 2027, Nigerians will remind him that power belongs to the people — not to arrogant failures and their blind defenders.

Your stoic irredentism augurs no good for you and your ilk......tinubu in 2 years should flood the whole place with rice so you can buy at 20k,tell me what is stopping your state govt from offering free education from at least basic to junior sec,tinubu has already initiated nelfund to ameliorate the burden on parents who want to send kids to tertiary institutions which is a very ingenious and much needed initiative.....what has your gov done specifically to ease the burden on your states citizens?

Tinubu should come wipe ur bum after relieving yourself!!

What effort did el rufai in 8 years put in to make Kaduna a top contributor to Nigeria's GDP? other than banditry and marginalisation of KD south......birnin gwari was a no go area when he held away but today I go to clients lithium sites with ease and less fear of danger......el rufai the obidients always refered to as bigot and chief sponsor of banditry,go wash all that off him first and let's see how clean he can get.

Lithiumite:
Your stoic irredentism augurs no good for you and your ilk......tinubu in 2 years should flood the whole place with rice so you can buy at 20k,tell me what is stopping your state govt from offering free education from at least basic to junior sec,tinubu has already initiated nelfund to ameliorate the burden on parents who want to send kids to tertiary institutions which is a very ingenious and much needed initiative.....what has your gov done specifically to ease the burden on your states citizens?

Tinubu should come wipe ur bum after relieving yourself!!

What effort did el rufai in 8 years put in to make Kaduna a top contributor to Nigeria's GDP? other than banditry and marginalisation of KD south......birnin gwari was a no go area when he held away but today I go to clients lithium sites with ease and less fear of danger......el rufai the obidients always refered to as bigot and chief sponsor of banditry,go wash all that off him first and let's see how clean he can get.

Your entire response is the height of intellectual laziness — hiding behind abuse and cheap distractions because you cannot defend Tinubu’s monumental failure. Nigerians are not asking Tinubu to wipe anyone’s backside; they are asking him to govern responsibly. He begged for power, swore he was ready, and in less than two years turned Nigeria into a graveyard of hunger, joblessness, and despair. That is not leadership — it is political vandalism.

Stop this nonsense of blaming governors for Tinubu’s chaos. Who removed subsidy overnight without planning? Who floated the naira like a casino gamble that destroyed savings and wages? Who pushed petrol to ₦860/litre, rice to ₦70k, and the naira to ₦1,500/$? It was Tinubu — not El-Rufai, not Obi, not governors. Leadership starts at the top, and the rot in Nigeria today flows from Aso Rock.

You point to student loans as if it is a gift — a loan is not reform, it is debt. And how many poor children can even qualify when their parents can’t afford food, transport, or electricity? You brag about “initiatives” on paper while Nigerians die in hospitals without drugs and trek because transport is unaffordable. Empty announcements don’t feed people — real governance does, and Tinubu has failed woefully.

Dragging El-Rufai into this is laughable. Whether he failed or not, it does not erase Tinubu’s disaster. Nigerians are not comparing failure with failure — they are measuring Tinubu by his promises. He promised Renewed Hope but delivered renewed hunger, renewed insecurity, and renewed hopelessness.

So let’s be clear: Tinubu is not a reformer, he is a reckless opportunist who begged for power for decades, only to collapse the economy in record time. No insult, no distraction, no propaganda will erase the truth. Nigerians are poorer, hungrier, and angrier under Tinubu — and in 2027, they will send him packing the same way they threw out Jonathan and rejected Buhari.

Keep insulting El-Rufai, Obi, or anyone else. The real clown sits in Aso Rock, hiding behind empty reforms while his supporters run around spewing abuse because they cannot defend failure with facts. Tinubu has failed, he is failing, and history will record him as one of Nigeria’s worst disasters.

JimRohn:
Your entire response is the height of intellectual laziness — hiding behind abuse and cheap distractions because you cannot defend Tinubu’s monumental failure. Nigerians are not asking Tinubu to wipe anyone’s backside; they are asking him to govern responsibly. He begged for power, swore he was ready, and in less than two years turned Nigeria into a graveyard of hunger, joblessness, and despair. That is not leadership — it is political vandalism.

Stop this nonsense of blaming governors for Tinubu’s chaos. Who removed subsidy overnight without planning? Who floated the naira like a casino gamble that destroyed savings and wages? Who pushed petrol to ₦860/litre, rice to ₦70k, and the naira to ₦1,500/$? It was Tinubu — not El-Rufai, not Obi, not governors. Leadership starts at the top, and the rot in Nigeria today flows from Aso Rock.

You point to student loans as if it is a gift — a loan is not reform, it is debt. And how many poor children can even qualify when their parents can’t afford food, transport, or electricity? You brag about “initiatives” on paper while Nigerians die in hospitals without drugs and trek because transport is unaffordable. Empty announcements don’t feed people — real governance does, and Tinubu has failed woefully.

Dragging El-Rufai into this is laughable. Whether he failed or not, it does not erase Tinubu’s disaster. Nigerians are not comparing failure with failure — they are measuring Tinubu by his promises. He promised Renewed Hope but delivered renewed hunger, renewed insecurity, and renewed hopelessness.

So let’s be clear: Tinubu is not a reformer, he is a reckless opportunist who begged for power for decades, only to collapse the economy in record time. No insult, no distraction, no propaganda will erase the truth. Nigerians are poorer, hungrier, and angrier under Tinubu — and in 2027, they will send him packing the same way they threw out Jonathan and rejected Buhari.

Keep insulting El-Rufai, Obi, or anyone else. The real clown sits in Aso Rock, hiding behind empty reforms while his supporters run around spewing abuse because they cannot defend failure with facts. Tinubu has failed, he is failing, and history will record him as one of Nigeria’s worst disasters.

You choose to be blind and deaf as a choice,you have a right to,no one will deny you if that......you paint Nigeria like it were Afghanistan or south Sudan or worst still congo.....move around a lot and relate with the very common people you claim to be fighting for and I haven't seen Nigerians worse off than they ever were.

You only blow things out of proportion to suit your compulsive sentimentalism.....el rufai has nothing new to offer,he called for teachers re certification when he saw a lacuna in the education sector in his state,that's reform and much needed in addressing the parlous situation in that sector.....what policies did he put in place to cushion the effect on those that would have been thrown under the bus....what?

Lithiumite:
You choose to be blind and deaf as a choice,you have a right to,no one will deny you if that......you paint Nigeria like it were Afghanistan or south Sudan or worst still congo.....move around a lot and relate with the very common people you claim to be fighting for and I haven't seen Nigerians worse off than they ever were.

You only blow things out of proportion to suit your compulsive sentimentalism.....el rufai has nothing new to offer,he called for teachers re certification when he saw a lacuna in the education sector in his state,that's reform and much needed in addressing the parlous situation in that sector.....what policies did he put in place to cushion the effect on those that would have been thrown under the bus....what?

Your desperate attempt to downplay Nigerians’ suffering only shows how detached from reality you are. To claim people are not “worse off” under Tinubu is not just blindness — it is wickedness. Nigerians don’t need you to lecture them; they feel the pain every single day at the market, at the fuel station, on the road, and in the hospital. That is not “sentimentalism” — it is lived reality.

Stop insulting people’s intelligence with this fake optimism. Before Tinubu, Nigerians could still afford rice at ₦30k, fuel at ₦200, and transport that didn’t swallow half their income. Today, under his reckless watch, rice is ₦70k, petrol is ₦860, the naira collapsed to ₦1,500/$, and transport has tripled. That is not exaggeration — that is measurable fact.

And your hypocrisy about El-Rufai is laughable. You admit he demanded reforms in education and then expose Tinubu by your own logic: where were Tinubu’s policies to cushion his so-called reforms? None. He removed subsidy overnight with no safety nets, floated the naira without control, and left millions to suffer. That is not reform, it is economic terrorism.

Nigerians don’t care about your excuses, your comparisons, or your name-dropping. They care about food, fuel, jobs, and security. On all these, Tinubu has failed catastrophically. The man begged for power for decades, claimed he was prepared, and in less than two years destroyed the economy more brutally than any president before him.

So don’t gaslight Nigerians by telling them things are not as bad as they know they are. They don’t need your denial — they need relief. And if Tinubu cannot provide it, then history will judge him, and the people will remove him the same way they rejected Jonathan and Buhari.

The truth is simple: Tinubu is not a reformer, he is a calamity. And no amount of propaganda will erase the hunger, poverty, and hopelessness he has unleashed on Nigerians.

JimRohn:
Your desperate attempt to downplay Nigerians’ suffering only shows how detached from reality you are. To claim people are not “worse off” under Tinubu is not just blindness — it is wickedness. Nigerians don’t need you to lecture them; they feel the pain every single day at the market, at the fuel station, on the road, and in the hospital. That is not “sentimentalism” — it is lived reality.

Stop insulting people’s intelligence with this fake optimism. Before Tinubu, Nigerians could still afford rice at ₦30k, fuel at ₦200, and transport that didn’t swallow half their income. Today, under his reckless watch, rice is ₦70k, petrol is ₦860, the naira collapsed to ₦1,500/$, and transport has tripled. That is not exaggeration — that is measurable fact.

And your hypocrisy about El-Rufai is laughable. You admit he demanded reforms in education and then expose Tinubu by your own logic: where were Tinubu’s policies to cushion his so-called reforms? None. He removed subsidy overnight with no safety nets, floated the naira without control, and left millions to suffer. That is not reform, it is economic terrorism.

Nigerians don’t care about your excuses, your comparisons, or your name-dropping. They care about food, fuel, jobs, and security. On all these, Tinubu has failed catastrophically. The man begged for power for decades, claimed he was prepared, and in less than two years destroyed the economy more brutally than any president before him.

So don’t gaslight Nigerians by telling them things are not as bad as they know they are. They don’t need your denial — they need relief. And if Tinubu cannot provide it, then history will judge him, and the people will remove him the same way they rejected Jonathan and Buhari.

The truth is simple: Tinubu is not a reformer, he is a calamity. And no amount of propaganda will erase the hunger, poverty, and hopelessness he has unleashed on Nigerians.

Go on The streets and let's see those who are hungry a d dieing from lack of food....

Fuel: no fuel scarcity in the last 2 years and we are already refining our own petrol and now a next exporter no longer at the mercy of subsidy fraudsters and marketers.....if you can't see an improvement,that's your problem.....if you need it buy it at the price it's sold govt isn't paying zilch for you to be gallivanting all over the place.....if you can't afford it,it means u aren't productive enough so u better go make something of value.

Jobs- there are more jobless people on record in the US or SA than we have in Nigeria......if you choose not to work it's your choice, no govt doesn't provide jobs for everybody.

Insecurity: we have seen and heard testimonies about improved security in hitherto unsecured spaces around the country,I earlier gave you a factual instance of KD south and birnin gwari in the same el rufai's state were in held sway as disruptor in chief.

Pls bring out direct facts on how tinubu policies has worsened the lives of Nigerians....

Lithiumite:
Go on The streets and let's see those who are hungry a d dieing from lack of food....

Fuel: no fuel scarcity in the last 2 years and we are already refining our own petrol and now a next exporter no longer at the mercy of subsidy fraudsters and marketers.....if you can't see an improvement,that's your problem.....if you need it buy it at the price it's sold govt isn't paying zilch for you to be gallivanting all over the place.....if you can't afford it,it means u aren't productive enough so u better go make something of value.

Jobs- there are more jobless people on record in the US or SA than we have in Nigeria......if you choose not to work it's your choice, no govt doesn't provide jobs for everybody.

Insecurity: we have seen and heard testimonies about improved security in hitherto unsecured spaces around the country,I earlier gave you a factual instance of KD south and birnin gwari in the same el rufai's state were in held sway as disruptor in chief.

Pls bring out direct facts on how tinubu policies has worsened the lives of Nigerians....

Your response is the perfect example of arrogance mixed with ignorance. You sit behind a keyboard mocking starving Nigerians, telling them to “go be productive” when Tinubu’s reckless policies have destroyed jobs, collapsed businesses, and wiped out incomes. Only a wicked mind blames the victims of bad governance for their own suffering.

Go to the markets — families can no longer afford rice at ₦70k. Go to the filling stations — workers now spend half their salaries on ₦860/litre petrol. Go to the hospitals — patients are dying because they can’t pay for drugs. That is not propaganda, it is reality. Nigerians don’t need your denial; they are living the pain every day.

You boast about “no scarcity” as if Nigerians should clap for paying triple the old fuel price. Refining or exporting petrol means nothing if ordinary people can’t afford to buy it. That is not progress — it is wicked mockery.

And stop hiding behind lazy comparisons with the US or South Africa. Those countries have working welfare systems, functioning power, healthcare, and social support. Nigerians have none of that under Tinubu. Here, if you lose your job, you starve. If you get sick, you die. If you trek, you collapse. That is the difference you refuse to admit.

Your claim of “improved security” is another insult. Nigerians are still kidnapped on highways, villages are still attacked, and bandits still operate freely. A few PR testimonies cannot cover up the bloodshed.

The facts are clear: Tinubu’s subsidy removal without safety nets, naira float without planning, and reckless economic policies have pushed millions deeper into poverty. He has failed, he is failing, and no amount of arrogant gaslighting will erase that.

You can insult Nigerians as “lazy” or “unproductive,” but the real failure is a president who begged for power for decades, claimed he was prepared, and in less than two years turned survival itself into a luxury. Tinubu is not a leader — he is an economic curse on this nation.

JimRohn:
Given your background, I do not anticipate a particularly meaningful intellectual exchange with you.

You will pass through this phase and Obi will never be president.