Current Administration Has No Right to Criticise Politicians, Past Govts. – Comedian, Mr. Macaroni
Nigerian comedian, Adebowale Adedayo, popularly known as Mr. Macaroni has said that no spokespersons of President Bola Tinubu’s administration have the right to criticise politicians and past governments.
This comes after the presidency hit back at the former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday over his recent comments on Nigeria’s governance at Yale University.
Mr. Macaroni had on Monday expressed dissatisfaction over the comments of the Special Adviser to the President on Public Communication and Orientation, Mr. Sunday Dare, who is now Special Adviser, Media and Public Communications following the president’s restructuring of his media and communication team.
However, reacting to the presidency’s remarks in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, Mr. Macaroni noted that only the citizens have the moral ground to criticise politicians and governments alike, stressing that no Nigerian politician is exempted from the “rot” in the country.
He wrote: “I no send any Nigerian politician but only the people have the right to call out or criticize any politician or government past or present! Not spokespersons of the current government who continue to use billions to buy cars and jets while Nigerians are languishing in poverty.
“I personally believe all Nigerian Politicians past or present have contributed largely to the rot in our country today and as such Nigerians must continue to hold past and present leaders accountable. But members of this current administration have no such right!!! As a matter of fact, they are even more insensitive and tone deaf to the hardship in the country.
“The current government is flogging the People mercilessly but they still want to dictate when and how the people should cry. They hold the whip, but want to divert the attention of the people to those that have held the whip before them. Again, only the people have such rights to blame all those that have once held the whip.”
According to him, those that hold the whip now cannot criticise others that once held the whip because “the crime of flogging Nigerians is one and the same”.
“The sad reality in all this is that some Nigerians continue to defend their oppressors. How can you continue to defend those that make decisions that favor them but put you in unbearable hardship?
“No matter the pain and suffering the people go through, these so called leaders are immune to them! They drive the best cars, so they are immune to pot holes on the roads. They fly the best private jets so who cares about increase in flight prices?,” the thespian asked.
He stated that the politicians are heavily protected with the DSS, military and police, hence, they are not bothered about caring for the citizens “whose phone was just stolen last night on the street because there was no officer on patrol, no street light or security camera.”
The actor also said that the people pay for their feeding and transport allowance, and as such the politicians do not care about the hike in food or fuel prices, stressing that “they even have perfume allowance.”
He further expressed displeasure, stating that the loyalists of the current administration should stop defending the government, and attacking those criticising it, explaining that the citizens only owe the nation loyalty and not the politicians.
The activist added: “Politicians will come and go!! Only the nation will remain provided we really want it to. But do we? My people are blinded by temporary gains, blinded by tribal and religious sentiments and continue to enable impunity at the detriment of the success and development of our nation and most heartbreakingly, the generations to come.”
