Social media has been buzzing with severe backlash following reports and videos of customized phone boxes featuring President Bola Tinubu’s image distributed at an All Progressives Congress (APC) event.
Netizens heavily criticized the move as a wasteful and insensitive display amid Nigeria’s severe economic hardship and cost-of-living crisis.
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Here are reactions to the story:
Zekeri Idris Jnr (@IdrisZeker…): May the calamity of the Tinubu administration never befall any nation again. Our scarce resources being frittered away.
A.JDanny (@MrDanny73): If something like this can be shared just for attending APC campaign event, but of course with loan money, what do you think will happen if they return to office? Nigerians, you collect or not, will be squeezed dry. Vote wisely ✌️
~~ELKESON~~ 🇵🇹 (@Dr_Elkeson): Where them dey share am Make I go put body
Godwin Emeadi (@emeadi_go…): I’m not surprised, ministries and MDAs are starved of money for capital projects, meanwhile, traditional rulers including mosques and churches and given preferential treatment in our budgets. We were told to be patient, see where the money is going, frivolities.
David Emmanuel (@DavidEmm…): This is from the money they borrowed from imf
Orban Consults (@skinluv2005): Get ready, they are coming with full force!
4lite Solar Energy Company (@4lite…): There are just a bunch of Useless set of folks. God let them not come back again
Ezekiel Olayimika (@Ezekiel17…): who teh you sey resources scarce? e dey abundant, bro, e just dey centralised
Alvin Owekhai (@soundalvin2…): Boro Boro, all this boropost government, I think I have seen enough
Lymud Homes (@Lymudd): Public funds are really being misused in Nigeria and it’s sad
Shield 🛡️ (@ShieldVentures): Hope they can call the president with it bah 😂
Saint Hillarious (@Enodiana…): they will pay for it in a very hard way… Nigeria is not going to be like this forever, there will be a president one day, that will set things right again
George Solomon (@GeorgeS2…): You no fit use that phone call any PDP member e go block…. 😂😂😂
BIG Kodah 💵 (@KodahKvng): God forbid APC this one nah highest level of see finish, our ancestors and forefathers go shame die 💔💔💔💔💔 God forbid
VOTEPETEROBI (@Nigerianisa…): Apc is destined to fail and it’s clearly visible they are failing
Gracodex (@GracodexHQ): I don’t see the reason why some people will trade their future for a copied write Samsung phone. Nigerian politicians are extremely corrupt beyond the level of recovery. The Nigerian government weaponize hunger to control it own citizens. What a disgrace to humanity. A government that fought to rig election, is not fighting for the People’s interest.
Godspeace Udochukwu (@go…): Tinubu can do everything there is nothing he can not do except the important ones except what Nigerians need he cannot do anything that will help Nigerians he have already promised us that he is going to remove electricity subsidy next year so people will no longer afford it
Woken_Lion🇲 (@SunnyEjim): Meanwhile there are people defending the intended tariff hike on electricity. There are two set of people defending the govt; the looter and the foool. If you’re not part of those enjoying the loot, then you know where you belong.
De Pee (@depeefirm): I believe the suffering has reset many people brains. This people have absolute nothing to offer Criminals have only one intention, to steal and nothing more Giving phone to few and asking for your suffering to continue, the you’re nodding in agreement that you’re a FOOL
Rashawn Swinney (@realRas…): This is what John togo feared about epemupolo (tompolo) now see Read down and you’ll see it was donated by our very own Ijaw hero, tompolo which means he loves how Delta state is suffering We don’t even have good water to drink and cook because of oil and no good roads in delta
MayGist (@MayGistv): This is what Emilokan can give to a few People in the midst of massive hunger and starvation in Nigeria
solidarity (@unityHQ1): TAIWO Oyedele is wearing a stupid smile and speaking English to explain how our subsidy savings and the huge borrowings are being spent . Here we go!
Posi💡🦂 (@PosiSog): We gas massively vote those party out oooo Bruhhhhh na weapon fashion against Ng them be 🤬
Obi-4-Runner😎 (@brightci…): People will cash out, instead of using the funds to upgrade Health Centers or rebuild roads to make accessible to citizens. Just doing things that are not benefing
Raymond .N. (@Cityray4meds): Oweizidei Ekpemupolo(Aka Tompolo) is sponsoring Samsung phone package for Tinubu’s campaign. I will not tell anybody to vote wisely in 2027. If you like vote along ethnic sentiments instead of competent and compassionate leader. More hardship dey for front dey wait.
Wayas (@SteveWaya): The cost of customizing this alone is more than Nigerian minimum wage. Only humongous corruption allows for this. Oga Tax Collector, you won’t be there forever.
Sancetech.ng (@sancetech): Make una get your pvc and vote them out
CLOSE TO BEING A GOD 🪖… (@…): Omo I go collect the one😂😂😂
Herbert Macaulay (@maxim…): If it didn’t work, would they do it? Stop and think. Criticising people is a lazy move. Think. Organise. Then go do something about it. Screaming into the digital ether is Nigeria’s favourite form of political masturbation
Culture-X (@culturexprexn): I saw a lady’s video where she said she went to a particular person in power to discuss solutions to these kidnappings and she was told there were no available funds because they were being directed to the 2027 campaign purse. What a country mehn.
muse (@UdehSamuel15): When we’re finally done with this useless government they’ll begin to write books on their legacy as if we were not there… a classic Animal farm
GXDWIN📈📉 (@GXDWINx): They couldn’t even do their supporters the honor of giving them the Original Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, they still had to go buy a Chinese replica from Temu. Everything about the APC is fraud & deceit.
Ugochukwu madu (@madu_u…): Sometimes I wonder if this Tinubu government ever have conscience at all…. Very heartless group people… I blame Nigerians that have refused to learn her lessons.. I pray we learn and correct our mistakes this time…