Channels TV personality, Seun Okinbaloye has sent out a strong advice to President Bola Tinubu who has spent two years in office.Â
In his speech made last night, June 8,  during his program, Seun stated that if President Tinubu must etch his name in gold, he must “ignore sycophants who clap in darkness while citizens cry in daylight.” He opined that the President needs to urgently surround himself with thinkers and not just loyalists.
‘’Two years are gone. Half of your constitutional mandate spent navigating the stormy waters of reforms, resistance and rising hardship. You came to office promising a renewed hope agenda, telling Nigerians that the pain will be temporary like that of a childbirth and that joy would follow but two years in, the cries have grown louder and many now wonder when would the joy come.
Inflation surged, food inflation went to an all-time high, transport costs were tripled, and the average Nigerian now spends more of their income just to eat, that is if they are lucky. Petrol is hovering over N700 per litre and electricity tariffs have risen even as supply is still very erratic and yet , the Nigerian people are resilient, loyal and have held on but holding on cannot be the national plan.
You promised to lift millions out of poverty, create thousands of digital jobs in 24 months and double power generation. This were not poetic aspirations. They were campaign commitments.
Mr President, time is not on your side. You have just 12 months before the political season begins to whisper again. If ever there was a time to show the fruits of sacrifice, it is now. You are the President of both your lovers and your loudest critics, The hopefuls who sang your name at the polls and the skeptics who prayed you will fail. Leadership demands maturity of mind, empathy of heart. You now preside over a fractured but hopeful nation, Good people, bad politics and an ugly economy. Nigeria today is at a historic reflection point.Â
Mismanage this opportunity, Sir, and we risk descending into a cycle of unrest, disillusionment and regret. But if you rise to the moment and you could become a defining leader, one whose name is etched in gold, as a man who brought Nigeria back from the brink, you must ignore sycophants who clap in darkness while citizens cry in daylight.
Mr President, Please urgently surround yourself with thinkers, doers and patriots and not just loyalists.”
