Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has advised President Bola Tinubu to stop going on official foreign trips with his children.
The President has been going on official international trips
with members of his family, especially his son, Seyi Tinubu.
Although Omokri pointed out that there was nothing legally
wrong with the President going overseas with any member of his family, he noted
that it should not be happening when the country is bitterly divided as a
result of the outcome of the 2023 presidential election and the removal of fuel
subsidy.
“If I were President of Nigeria at this time when the
country is bitterly divided as a result of the #NigerianElections2023 and the
removal of fuel subsidy, as well as the flotation of the Naira, I would not
take my children on an official business trip overseas,” he opined in a post he
shared on X on Wednesday.
“The only reason I would not do that is because the optics
would look bad, and I would be playing into the hands of my political opponents
and hostile media, which have taken a business decision to oppose my
administration to appease their base in preparation for the next election.
“Having said that, legally, there is nothing wrong with it.
Please fact-check me: As Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher took her son, Mark
Thatcher, to overseas UK Business summits. Sir Mark Thatcher is a businessman,
as is Seyi Tinubu. Also, fact-check me: President Obasanjo similarly took his
son, Gbenga, on a business summit while he was President. Gbenga is also a
legitimate businessman.
“The current U.S. President, Joe Biden, took his son, Hunter
Biden, on a business summit in China while he was vice President. And President
Trump even made his daughter and her husband his advisers, who frequently
travelled with him to business and political summits…
“Other than the fact that Nigeria is currently very divided,
and the President should have avoided fire, being that he is covered in petrol,
what he did is not wrong at all.”
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