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‘Tinubu may be a great dad, but he’s Nigeria’s worst president’ – Eedris Abdulkareem

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Veteran Nigerian rapper and activist Eedris Abdulkareem has launched a scathing critique of President Bola Tinubu and his son, Seyi Tinubu, over the country’s worsening economic conditions and what he calls a lack of empathy from the political elite.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Rubbin’ Minds on Sunday, the outspoken artist dismissed Seyi Tinubu’s earlier claim that his father is “the greatest president in the history of Nigeria,” made during a political event in Adamawa State in March.

“Tinubu may be the best father to Seyi,” Eedris said, “but he is the worst president Nigeria has ever had. Young people are jobless, and many can’t even afford to eat. Let Seyi travel across Nigeria without security and feel what the masses are going through.”

Eedris’ criticism forms the core of his latest single, Tell Your Papa, a protest song that quickly went viral on social media before being banned by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The NBC directed all broadcast stations to stop airing the track, labeling it unfit for public consumption.

The rapper said the song was directly inspired by Seyi Tinubu’s public praise of his father. “If he didn’t make that video, I wouldn’t have made the song,” he said. “Nigerian youths are not asking for much — just electricity, jobs, security, and a functioning economy. Not palliatives.”

In Tell Your Papa, Eedris calls on Seyi Tinubu to urge his father to confront Nigeria’s growing hardship and insecurity. The track has drawn comparisons to Eedris’ infamous 2004 protest anthem Nigeria Jaga Jaga, which was banned during President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration but has remained relevant for two decades.

“Twenty-four years later, Jaga Jaga still resonates. That says a lot about the state of our nation,” he remarked during the interview.

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