So the President lost weight, too?
On Sunday, May 24, the All Progressives Congress handed President Bola Tinubu its 2027 presidential ticket. He had just beaten his sole challenger by nearly 11 million votes.
Moments later, likely riding on the high, he confessed that he had lost some weight since assuming office three years ago.
However, this weight loss was not by design but by hardship. I would say “vicarious hardship.” Having thrown millions of Nigerians into labour pains, he attempted to offer a sense of solidarity.
To say he shared in the compulsory post-subsidy weight-loss programme and sleepless nights his reforms had imposed on millions.
Tinubu said, “I know what it takes to reform this nation we met in tatters. If you lost sleep, I’ve lost some too. If you’ve lost weight, I’ve lost some too. But I’ve always remembered one thing: in 2022, I asked for this job. You all supported me, and I got it. So, I must do it.
“That is like raising your shirt to reveal your belly and saying, ‘I feel your pain, and I have the waistline to prove it.”
Now, looking at the President’s physique, imagining him ever needing to lose weight on purpose is like trying to picture a pink elephant.
Contrast that with the acclaimed leader of the free world, who is being advised to slim down. Two days after Tinubu’s comments, his American counterpart, President Donald Trump, underwent his routine physical examination, during which the doctor said the nearly
This post was originally published on this site.
