Angry Nigerians have slammed Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Suleiman-Ibrahim, after a video of her distributing cash bundles at an All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign event in Rivers State went viral.
In the video, she was seen handing cash and wrappers with the party’s logo to women, sparking outrage online. The video also shows the minister distributing cash in envelopes bearing images of President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima.
Many of those who reacted to the videos called for the international community to stop lending Nigeria money, saying it was spent on frivolous activities that benefited only a few.
They bemoaned the Tinubu government’s assurance that the hardship would bear good results yet were wasting resources that could have been channeled to more productive courses.
“Then Tinubu and his government will be preaching taxation to his citizens. This is wickédnéss This is gang of criminality,” a netizen said.
“Nigeria is in big trouble. Imagine our commonwealth being wasted in this manner rather than utilizing it in a more productive way that will serve the benefit of millions of Nigerians. This is sad! #TinubuMustGo,” another lamented.
“This is why people should always tag those organizations that keep on borrowing Nigeria money. So they can see and get a clue of what’s going on.”
“A few days ago, someone said that this country’s major problem is revenue and vehemently refuted those who argued that corruption is our main problem. No matter how intellectually you try to sound on this topic, given the actions of many civil servants and politicians, including this minister, and the evidence we live with every day in this country, it’s hard to make a case for the argument that revenue is the main problem.”
