Seyi Tinubu, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu son has incurred the anger of Nigerians after he advised them to endure the current hardship in the country.
Not a few Nigerians have accused government officials of living in opulence despite the current hardship many people are facing in the country.
The hardship, they insist, started following the removal of fuel subsidy last year by the President.
Other economic policies introduced by his administration, including the floating of the naira has brought untold hardship to not a few Nigeria, according to experts.
Many Nigerians have moved to the street in the last few days in protest of what they are going through, calling on the authority to intervene.
But Seyi in his response to the complaints said Nigerians should be ready to endure more to enjoy a better future.
The president’s son had shared in one of his verified social media platforms, Tinubu’s last year’s independence message where he pleaded with Nigerians that things would soon get better.
“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,” the president said last October during his national broadcast to mark the nation’s independence.
Hitting back at Seyi, one netizen said the president’s son cannot expect Nigerians to continue to suffer while he’s living and ostentatious lifestyle, citing his wristwatch worth close to $1 million.
The Instagram user named @King_ando1 in his response to Seyi’s post said: “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.”
The netizen is right that government officials and their families are not prepared to make sacrifices for the country to get better.
On Monday, it was revealed that a whopping $4.5 million was spent on maintaining one of the aircrafts in the presidential fleet last year.
That sum is enough to transform the lives of many Nigerians who are currently living in abject poverty, critics of the administration said.
