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Demola Olarewaju, the Special Adviser on Digital Media Strategy to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has mocked President Bola Tinubu after students rejected the gift of bags of rice he offered them....READ THE FULL CONTENT FROM THE SOURCE | READ THE FULL CONTENT FROM THE SOURCE
MyNigeria learnt that student union leaders rejected the bags of rice given to them by the President as palliatives to cushion the effect of economic hardship.
Those that rejected the palliatives are the student union leaders at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Osun State, and the Ahmadu Bello University, (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna State.
According to the students, the distribution of rice palliatives fails to address the fundamental challenges facing Nigerian students.
One of them, the SUG President at OAU, Damilola Isaac, described the palliatives as“handouts that do not address the systemic challenges facing the Nigerian education sector.”
“Whether or not the release was authentic, it has become imperative that I address this issue,” he said.
On his part, the President of the Students’ Representative Council at ABU, Ibrahim Nazeer, stated that he would not accept his share “until he is assured that there is enough rice for his fellow students.”
Reacting, Atiku’s aide mocked the attempt by Tinubu to “cajole” the students with palliatives.
He shared on X, “Your President attempted to cajole students union Presidents with bags of rice: that is the low-level of (un)intelligence driving the ship of state in Nigeria. “Not symposia, not orientation, not results: just bags of rice because their thinking is that ‘a beggar has no choice”.…READ THE FULL CONTENT FROM THE SOURCE
