Arise TV journalist and former media aide to the president, Reuben Abati, has questioned the occupation of President Bola Tinubu’s sons, Seyi and Yinka.
Abati, who was a media aide to ex-President Goodluck
Jonathan, expressed his view on Wednesday, on Arise TV’s “The Morning Show”
which he co-anchors with fellow journalists Oseni Rufai and two others.
He also as described disturbing a situation where Tinubu’s
sons were reportedly put before ministers on protocol list during Tinubu’s
recent trip to Qatar.
“May we begin to ask, What do the president’s children do for a living? I don’t know specifically how old they are but looking at them, by the time I was their age, I was doing something concrete with my life. I got a PhD at 24. I wasn’t depending on any father,” he said.
He also chastised Tinubu for sending Yinka and Seyi on his
team’s recent visit to Qatar, and granting them diplomatic precedence over his
ministers.On March 2 and 3, 2024, the president’s sons Seyi and Yinka were part
of the delegation that accompanied the president on a state visit to Doha,
Qatar.
Abati said, “What I am saying is that first Nigerians
complain that they should not have been on that list, the issue raised there is
that yes if their father is paying for them to be there, fine. I also raised
the question if they have relevant qualifications, if they are business people
in their own rights, they can bring investment and they will make
contributions.
“Then you will say they have a reason to be there, What I
found disturbing in that video that we just showed, we just showed the order of
protocol, I spent four years studying diplomacy. They were coming on the order
of protocol before the minister of the Federal Republic, what are their roles
there that they will be put before the minister?
He further noted, “People must get to a stage in their lives
when they will hold themselves together, I don’t want adults behaving like
invalids hanging around just because your father is in a position.
“All these children of privilege sometimes overdo it, and
these are boys that would probably have wives at home. Some of these girls,
what they go through is very embarrassing. You can’t have a husband that’s just
hanging around, that cannot stand on his two feet as a man.’’
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