Nigeria may not be facing a constitutional vacuum today, but there is a disturbing vacuum of political leadership.
I have travelled, lived and spent time abroad, and I have never pretended otherwise. But there is a fundamental difference between the travels of a private citizen and the responsibility of the sitting President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Consider what Bola Tinubu is leaving behind. Petrol priced beyond the reach of ordinary people. Families rationing food. Transport fares that have turned a journey to one’s own village into a luxury. Insecurity that buries Nigerians week after week. And in the middle of all this, President Tinubu has packed his bags for three weeks in Europe.
The Vice President is abroad on official duty. That makes the President’s decision even more difficult to understand. Leadership is not merely the constitutional right to occupy an office; it is the judgment to know when your country needs you at home.
A father may travel when all is well. But when his roof is burning and his family is trapped inside, he does not pick up his suitcase and head for the airport.
That is the issue here. It is not that a President must never rest or travel. It is that Nigeria is burning, and the President has chosen a boarding pass over the fire extinguisher.
Millions of Nigerians are being grounded by hardship while their President is airborne. The people can barely afford to move, but the President keeps moving.
A government that cannot feel the pain it inflicts will never summon the will to end it.
Tinubu made Nigeria expensive. I will make Nigeria affordable again. -AA
Keyamo calling @atiku’s position “thoughtlessness” is exactly the kind of arrogance Nigerians are tired of.
For those of us buying fuel, food and paying bills in this economy, subsidy is not an academic debate. It is the difference between surviving and sinking.
Nigerians are not stupid. We know what we have experienced under this administration. We have endured higher fuel prices, rising food costs and a crushing cost of living while being told to keep making sacrifices.
So if Atiku says he will restore subsidy under a transparent and accountable framework, Nigerians have every right to listen.
You cannot inflict pain on citizens for years and then turn around to insult them for demanding relief.
2027 will not be about taking Nigerians for granted. It will be about who offers a better path out of this hardship.
Atiku is giving Nigerians an alternative. Let the people decide.
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