A former Home of Meeting candidate, Adnan Mukhtar Tudun-Wada, has criticized Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over his current Iftar tour in Northern Nigeria, accusing him of disrespecting the area.
Adnan, a public relations practitioner and college lecturer, expressed his displeasure in an announcement issued to newsmen on Tuesday.
He described Seyi Tinubu’s gesture of distributing rice through the Ramadan tour as an insult to the North, asserting that it portrayed the individuals as beggars.
“As younger people who find themselves mature sufficient to see for ourselves, I wish to inform the President’s son that this isn’t the time for marketing campaign however for governance. It’s two years to the 2027 election. As a result of he disrespects the North, that’s why he’s sharing rice with us like beggars. This isn’t what we’d like,” Adnan stated.
He additional criticized the administration of President Tinubu for its perceived marginalization of the North, declaring that the Abuja-Kano highway stays incomplete, insecurity persists in Katsina, Zamfara, and components of Sokoto, and the area’s industries are non-functional.
“The President has give you the Tax Reform Invoice to undermine the North. Our industries are usually not functioning, and insecurity is rampant. Let the President handle our issues, however coming right here to provide us meals is an insult,” he added.
“Can he do issues like this within the South, Lagos specifically the place he comes from?”
Adnan additionally accused Seyi Tinubu of disrespecting Northern tradition, referencing the style through which he interacted with conventional rulers.
“Take a look at how he’s sitting in our conventional rulers’ palaces with none iota of respect. Can he shake the Oba of Lagos or the Ooni of Ife the best way he shook the Emir of Zazzau?” Adnan questioned.
He referred to as on Northern youths to distance themselves from Seyi Tinubu’s actions, emphasizing that Seyi holds no official place in his father’s administration.
“The federal government of President Tinubu is a shame to younger individuals, and Nigerians are affected by all angles. Have you ever ever seen the daughter of Donald Trump or that of Obama doing like this?” he concluded.
He lastly referred to as on Seyi Tinubu to cease demarketing his father within the North.
