Rufai Oseni blasts Remi Tinubu over akara business advice, say make other First Ladies join sell akara too. Nigerians don tire of motivational talk from high places.
Ah, this one sweet my mouth well-well. My people, the internet no dey sleep. Just as the hunger dey bite hard for Nigeria, our own First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, don drop one “advice” wey dey make everybody dey scratch their head for confusion.
For one video wey dey go viral, the First Lady dey tell women say starting an akara and kuli-kuli business “no require much capital.” She talk say e good way to make money. Chai. The moment that video drop, the whole country just shift. Because e be like say somebody for Aso Rock just wake up from ten years sleep.
The Advice Wey Dey Pain
Make una hear am: No be say akara business bad. Far from am. Akara and kuli-kuli na real Nigerian hustles wey don feed families for generations. But to hear am from the First Lady, for this economy, for this time? E dey feel like slap. Not just any slap—na the kind slap wey dey remind you say the person wey slap you no know how your eye dey burn from tears.
Rufai Oseni blasts Remi Tinubu
People begin ask: Which kind capital she dey talk about? The N500 wey you go use buy beans, grind am, buy firewood, and buy one small basin? Or the capital wey include the risk of your akara burning because NEPA take light, the cost of transportation to the market wey don double, and the wahala of area boys wey go collect “toll” for your basin? The First Lady no mention all that. She just dey talk dey talk, like say na joke.
Rufai Oseni’s “Clapback” Wey Enter Bone
Then enter our own Rufai Oseni of Arise TV. The man no waste time. For one short, sharp video, he look straight for camera and talk: “Let other First Ladies in Nigeria start selling akara.” Rufai Oseni blasts Remi Tinubu
My people, that statement enter bone. Because e no be just insult—e be deep, cutting truth. Rufai dey ask: Which First Lady for Nigeria history go leave Aso Rock, go carry tray for head, stand for road dey sell akara?
Which one? Even the ones wey come from poor background—once them enter that villa, them forget the smell of firewood. So why she dey give advice wey she herself or her colleagues no fit try for one million years? Rufai Oseni blasts Remi Tinubu
Rufai’s point be say: The Tinubus and the other big people dey live for different planet. For their planet, “no require much capital” mean say your papa go give you N500k starter pack. For our planet, “no require much capital” mean say you go borrow from three different persons, sell your last wrapper, and still dey pray make rain no pour for market day.
The Gap Wey Dey Choke Us
This thing no be just about akara. Na about the yawning, embarrassing gap between those wey dey rule and those wey dey suffer. While the First Lady dey talk dey talk about kuli-kuli, fuel price dey rise. While she dey give “business advice,” minimum wage still dey fight for implementation. While she dey encourage women to “start small,” the same government policies dey make small businesses collapse every day. Rufai Oseni blasts Remi Tinubu
The outrage no be because she mention akara. The outrage be because she make am sound like say the problem be say we no dey try. Like say the 133 million Nigerians for extreme poverty no sabi akara business. Like say the woman wey dey sell for road no try pass. E dey shift blame from system failure to individual laziness. And that one dey pain pass.
What the First Lady Forgot to Mention
She no talk about the capital wey require:
The capital of hope wey don finish for many families.
The capital of security—how you go sell akara for road when area boys dey harass you?
The capital of stable power—how you go store akara when fridge no dey work?
The capital of good roads—how your kuli-kuli go reach customer when you don trek five kilometers?
The capital of dignity—how you go face your children when you sell akara for road but their school fees no dey?
She just dey talk dey talk about “no require much capital.” As if capital na only money. As if the real wahala no be government wey no create environment for small businesses to thrive.
Where This Leaves Us
So Rufai Oseni talk true. “Let other First Ladies sell akara.” Let them feel the heat of the sun, the smoke of firewood, the fear of rainy day. Let them know say akara business no be joke—na serious survival strategy for millions wey no get choice.
The Remi Tinubu akara comment don become symbol. Symbol of disconnect. Symbol of how our leaders dey talk to us like say we dey live for same reality. We no dey. And until them begin feel our pain for their own skin, this kind “advice” go continue dey drop like rotten mango—sweet for their mouth, bitter for our own.
This one dey pepper my eyes. What you think? Was the First Lady’s advice just harmless encouragement, or e show say our leaders no understand our struggle? Abeg, talk your mind for comment. And if this story touch you, share am—make everybody hear the full gist. Share now before you scroll. Rufai Oseni blasts Remi Tinubu
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