Outrage, Anger Over Nigerian Governors frequent Waving Goodbye To President’s Plane

Posted by Nwa Diokpa Featured, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria Sunday, September 7th, 2025

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –  Pictures of immoderate All Progressives Congress (APC) governors lasting astatine the airdrome and waving astatine the statesmanlike pitchy ferrying President Bola Tinubu retired of the state person stirred reactions connected societal media.

The African Examiner reports that it has astir go a contented for governors and apical politicians to enactment up astatine airports whenever the president departs oregon returns, a signifier galore hint backmost to colonial-era protocols but which has been sustained nether Nigeria’s antiauthoritarian government.

The latest incidental progressive President Tinubu embarking connected a 10-day vacation, with respective governors accompanying him to the airdrome to question farewell. The images, however, triggered mixed reactions online, with galore Nigerians describing the enactment arsenic wasteful, unnecessary, and symbolic of misplaced priorities.

Critics reason that alternatively of engaging successful ceremonial send-offs, governors should give their clip and vigor to addressing pressing governance issues successful their respective states. Others besides expressed interest implicit the president’s predominant overseas trips, which they judge further disconnect him from the country’s challenges.

The African Examiner captured respective of these nationalist sentiments, with netizens questioning the worth of governors “lining up similar schoolchildren” to question astatine the president’s jet, labelling the signifier outdated and embarrassing.

Foluwasayo Ajewole writes: “Must they travel to Abuja? You abandoned your responsibilities successful your assorted states; it’s rather unfortunate to person these arsenic leaders afloat of oculus and articulator service.”

Inivie Roland writes: “This hopeless anticipation is bully successful condescending beyond quality expectations, however tin a governors of assorted states, alert to Abuja to weave their hands connected a president that is traveling retired of the state for nary meaningful reasons, nonchalant sadists.”

Tobiz writes: “APC benignant of governors, a clump of unmerited leaders rigged into bureau by godfathers.”

Obada Rex: “Someday, they volition aftermath up and recognize that the state nary longer tolerates atrocious leadership.”

Ifeanyi Anuforo writes: “This foolishness is slightest expected of radical who assertion to beryllium governors.”

Akeem Atanda Shonde writes: “Please cipher should blasted them due to the fact that they were kids. You cognize erstwhile we are kids we usually sing a song, Aeroplane o da bo o bami ki Iya mi eleko eko meji re oyo mi pamupamu jigi jigi, it’s that opus they are singing for Baba truthful don’t blasted them,onode lo n se won.”

Onyema Sylvester Kanayo writes: “Mumu governmental leaders, spot however they are waving Tinubu arsenic if they are his location boys.”

Ayinde Kehinde writes: “This Nigeria politicians nary get shame astatine all, that is wherefore I hatred pol...