By Dahiru Yusuf Yabo
With due respect to the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, her statement that President Bola Tinubu “never complained about what he inherited from Buhari” is not a virtue but a veil over disaster.
It is true — Tinubu never complained, but Nigerians have been crying ever since. He inherited Buhari’s ruin and multiplied it by five. He didn’t complain because he was part of the rot, a beneficiary of the decay, a shareholder in the political bankruptcy that brought Nigeria to her knees.
If Buhari Was Bad, Tinubu Is Worse
There is nothing Buhari did wrong that Tinubu hasn’t done worse, and there is nothing Buhari failed to do that Tinubu didn’t neglect further.
Buhari borrowed Nigeria into insolvency; Tinubu borrowed 500% more within two years, mortgaging generations yet unborn.
Buhari made Nigerians poor; Tinubu made poverty unbearable, erasing the middle class and turning fuel, food, and faith into luxuries.
Buhari watched insecurity devastate the North; Tinubu expanded it to the South-West, the very region he claimed to protect.
Buhari was silent while the nation bled; Tinubu cheers with empty grammar while Nigerians drown in despair.
If Buhari was a mistake of leadership, Tinubu is a deliberate continuation of misfortune — wrapped in arrogance and packaged as reform.
The Myth of “It’s His Turn”
Madam Amina Mohammed said, “He fought hard for the seat.” Yes, he fought — not to serve Nigeria, but to serve a dynasty of political vultures. He fought not to lead, but to feed an empire of entitlement.
Leadership is not about who fought hardest to sit; it is about who bears the burden of others with humility, empathy, and conscience. Tinubu’s claim of “Emilokan” (It’s my turn) is the most selfish slogan ever uttered in a nation gasping for breath.
God Doesn’t Make Political Mistakes
When leaders rise and inflict suffering, it is not God’s endorsement — it is human irresponsibility. Nigeria’s suffering is not divine ordination; it is a man-made crisis authored by greed and sustained by silence.
To say “God put him there” is a distortion of faith. God gives people the power to choose, but when the powerful rig that choice, don’t blame Heaven — blame those who corrupted democracy.
Pull-Down Syndrome or Wake-Up Call?
It is not a “pull-down syndrome” to demand accountability. It is not rebellion to call out incompetence. Silence in the face of oppression is not patriotism — it is complicity.
Amina Mohammed says we should support Tinubu to succeed. Support what? Hunger? Borrowing without vision? Crony appointments and ethnic balancing acts masquerading as governance?
Nigeria doesn’t need blind loyalty; it needs courageous truth.
The Bitter Reality
Under Buhari, Nigerians struggled; under Tinubu, they suffocate.
Under Buhari, corruption was rampant; under Tinubu, it is refined and institutionalized.
Under Buhari, hope flickered; under Tinubu, it has been extinguished.
The economy bleeds, the naira limps, and the people starve while the leadership boasts of imaginary progress.
Amina Mohammed’s defense of Tinubu’s silence is misplaced diplomacy. What Nigeria needs is not polished rhetoric from the corridors of the UN, but real empathy from leaders who live the pain of the people.
The Verdict
Tinubu’s presidency is Buhari’s failure in its advanced edition — an upgraded tragedy, a digitalized hardship.
Nigeria doesn’t need another survivor of history; it needs a savior from the cycle of greed. Tinubu may not complain about Buhari, but history will record that he completed Buhari’s unfinished collapse of Nigeria.
Until then, Nigerians will continue to complain — because silence is no longer golden; it is deadly.
Dahiru Yusuf Yabo,
Political Analyst, Author & Publisher, Yabo International Magazine.
