'Welcome' signs for president's son anger Nigerians
Nigerians have reacted angrily to billboards welcoming the
president's son home after medical treatment abroad following a
motorbike accident.
"Nigeria children are grateful to the almighty
God for your life - we will always pray for you," reads one of the
signs on display in the capital Abuja. The other says "Uncle Yusuf we
love you".
Check out Yusuf Buhari’s Welcome Back Billboard; Nigerians react angrily (Photos) https://t.co/NmzFECbbO5 pic.twitter.com/kmCBR6LsRt— Dino Ugo (@DinoUgo1) March 6, 2018
Yusuf Buhari arrives Nigeria after treatment in Germany. @YusufBuhari_ @MBuhari @aishambuhari pic.twitter.com/rwzxW8xUap— Fatima Mohammed Abbas (@BornoYoung) March 1, 2018
Some see the decision to erect billboards praising the president's son as tone deaf at a time when efforts to rescue more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by militants are under scrutiny.
One Twitter user called the posters a display of "sycophancy":
That is what we are battling with in the country. Sycophancy, eye-service, mouth infrastructure.— AyeMojuba (@areogunboy) March 6, 2018
Another labelled it absurd:
So absurd!— Kasim Abdullahi (@Elkasab) March 6, 2018
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