No be small matter oh! President Bola Tinubu don set new records wey many pipo no fit believe. As he dey run him tenure, him don be the first president wey change Nigeria national anthem wey dey carry plenty wahala for mouth. You sabi say na the anthem wey everybody sabi, ‘Arise, O Compatriots’, him zapped am go back, bring back di old one, ‘Nigeria, We Hail Thee’. Wetin some call misplaced priority, Tinubu no fit gree, him talk say, ‘Na my priority, not yours.’
Omo, that one no be the only thing wey dey make headlines. Dis president too dey bring pipo together from Dodan Barracks, Lagos, wey don dey gather dust since 1991 wey General Ibrahim Babangida carry power go Abuja. E clear say Tinubu no wan follow tradition wey don dey ground. On Independence Day, him show face for that place again, Naija, you sabi say e dey nostalgic or na strategy?
But e no stop for there oh! Tinubu don turn Kaduna 300-bed specialist hospital to Tinubu hospital during him visit highlight, and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike no wast time begin change International Conference Centre name to Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre. Abeg, wetin dis small country don dey turn into? As e dey stand, na nine federal assets don carry him name, and the tenure never even reach two and half years.
Baba still dey chase foreign wahala like say dem dey play video game. Him trip go Abu Dhabi wey carry hot gist as e skip Armed Forces Remembrance Day two years back. How far? On January 15, nah Vice President Kashim Shettima dey represent am as e dey enjoy for Dubai. This na wetin make dem compare am to Yar’Adua wey no show for 2010 due to health wahala. E get as e be, no be say e no dey try oo. E don show support for armed forces during allocation and welfare, but e miss the most serious day wey suppose bring am together with di military.
And make I no forget that Abu Dhabi trip wey tin fit give better opportunities, like di Nigeria-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. Dem don allow some goods carry enter UAE market without wahala. Na good thing, but make we reason am: wetin e go cost to miss di heroes wey lose dem life to protect our country? This na the day wey suppose dey show real respect.
Omo, e fit dey sign bills and agreements, write sweet messages, but we sabi say physical presence dey matter pass! Even though dem fit dey issue tributes from anywhere, nothing wey fit replace when your Commander-in-Chief dey stand with you, join dey honor those wey don pay the ultimate price. Na pattern wey Nigerians don dey notice, Tinubu dey send Shettima to represent am for big-shots events like UN and G20. Na wetin dem fit see say dis president dey run show as if e dey promote backup dancers. Naija don dey watch, and e go dey matter for our minds. A nation wey forget dem wey don die for dem country, no fit find road again. And a ruler wey fit dey delegate such serious day wey na for di military dey speak louder than words.
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