This is someone who truly understands Mallam Nasir El-Rufai. His greatest strength is his intelligence, and it is that intelligence that gives him a level of credibility nobody can match.
As he rightly said, “Give him the mic, and the whole world will listen.”
They will listen not because they will be paid to listen but because they know he knows what he is saying!
Sheikh Tijjani Guruntum has said what millions of Nigerians are feeling silently: any government policy that always ends with the masses suffering must be questioned.
Democracy is not dictatorship wearing agbada. Democracy means listening to the people. Democracy means that when citizens cry out, leaders pause, reflect and adjust. Democracy means government policies should serve the people, not punish them.
But under Tinubu’s APC, every major policy appears to arrive with pain first and explanation later.
Fuel subsidy removal brought hardship.
The naira float brought pressure.
Electricity tariff increases brought more burden.
New tax conversations bring fresh fear.
Food prices keep rising.
Transport keeps punishing workers.
Businesses keep struggling.
Families keep reducing their dreams.
At what point will this government admit that Nigerians are tired?
The people are not rejecting reform because they hate progress. They are rejecting policies that make life unbearable while the political class continues to live comfortably. You cannot ask the poor to sacrifice endlessly while those in power enjoy luxury, convoys, allowances and protection from the same hardship they created.
If this is truly democracy, then Tinubu’s government must listen.
When the majority of citizens say a policy is hurting them, leadership should not insult them with grammar. It should not call them opposition agents. It should not tell them to be patient forever. It should listen, correct and protect the people.
Sheikh Guruntum is right: we cannot continue like this.
A government exists to reduce suffering, not multiply it. A leader is elected to serve citizens, not test their endurance. Nigeria cannot survive another four years of policies that treat the masses like collateral damage.
Tinubu’s APC must understand one thing clearly: Nigerians are watching, Nigerians are hurting, and Nigerians will remember.
In 2027, every painful policy will have a political consequence.
"I am here to remind you that the new tax law is still very much around. They are quite about it now because the want to win the elections then they will kickstart properly.
This is exactly why we must make sure that doesn't happen"
"Any policy this Government introduced is to suffer the masses.
If this is a democracy, then listen to the what the people are saying.
If the majority don't like the policy, then you must listen.
We cannot continue like this"
I have disagreed with El-Rufai on many issues in the past, but this looks like political persecution through the courts. He has been granted bail, yet the conditions are so stringent that it still feels punitive.
— El Rufai
"When we kicked against the appointment of Christopher Musa, even some Muslims came for us. The called us now.
Now he has proven to you that his religious interest will always come first because this is what Allah told us"
The statement made by Christopher Musa is false. You are a great liar, Fear God. I am greatly disappointed in you. I once believed you were an honest man, but I was wrong.
—Raj Isaac