A legal practitioner and social critic, Inibehe Effiong has slammed President Bola Tinubu over a long motorcade that followed him when he arrived in Lagos, describing it as absurd.
Effiong claimed that Tinubu should have insisted on reducing
the vehicles, noting that the action was “a reminder that the political class
is not ready to make the sacrifices which they expect from citizens”.
Tinubu arrived in Lagos on Tuesday after his visit to London
and participation at the Paris Finance Summit.
However, the President’s arrival quickly became a spectacle
of some sort with long convoy that accompanied him to his private residence.
In a video making the rounds online, which was captured by a
roadside admirer, multiple SUVs were seen speeding ahead and behind the
president’s official car.
But in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on
Wednesday, Effiong alleged that fuel subsidy was removed to save cost, but
limited resources were being wasted on frivolity.
Part of the statement read: “Mr. Bola Tinubu’s convoy in
Lagos is another reminder that the political class is not ready to make the
sacrifices which they expect from citizens.
“A nation that has a devastating debt burden shouldn’t be
run this way. Those defending the monstrous convoy don’t wish Nigeria well.”
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