United Kingdom-based Nigerian Financial Broadcaster, Juliana Olayinka, has sent tongues waggling as she shared photos of herself with President Bola Tinubu hours after tagging his removal of former Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, as a miscalculated decision.
NPO Reported that Edun was on Tuesday relieved of his duty by the president who appointed the Minister of State for Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, as his replacement.
Edun would also be joined in the minor cabinet reshuffle by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Musa Dangiwa, who is now replaced with Muttaqha Rabe Darma.
Reacting to the development in a statement issued on her X handle, Olayinka had faulted Tinubu’s decision.
The journalist held that the minister’s removal sends wrong signal at a time when consistency, trust, and economic discipline, displayed by Edun during his tenure, are most needed.
“Wishing Mr. Wale Edun the very best as he exits office as Honourable Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy.
“Having watched the politics up close, I can say this is a deeply unfortunate and potentially miscalculated decision for Nigeria’s economic reform journey.
“At a time when consistency, trust and economic discipline are most needed, removing one of the few steady hands at the centre of reform sends the wrong signal.” She had posted.
This would however be followed with pictures of her and Tinubu which she shared on her X handle on Thursday with a short caption, “With Mr. President”.
The post had sparked mixed reactions from netizens with some questioning the motive behind the post considering her reaction against the President’s removal of Tinubu.
“People always have alot to say about our leaders until you meet them in person. In one word, what would you say surprised you the most when you met him?”@Farmers_Gate asked with Olayinka disclosing that Tinubu is an authoritative person.
“Authoritative” The journalist replied.
While some expressed their admiration with the journalist and Tinubu, others however slammed the president.
“Wow! My mum name sake. What is cooking? Well done for all you are doing . Kudos”@OgbeniAdugbo
“With all the billion-dollar loan he’s still sitting on a wooden couch, I was thinking it would be made of gold. Can you ask him where all the money is going? Taking 100 billion from Nigeria revenue every month without nothing to show for”@BELLApki
“Are you not ashamed to call this vegetable your president???”@everlastingpero
“I guess the Presidency is rubbing off on you with this your meeting with Mr. President. Who knows, you might be a presidential hopeful someday.”@DMedoye
“Why do you guys look alike in the first frame… Or is it what I’m thinking?”@Yaksbenjamin1
“Authoritative yet he can’t take authoritative steps to combat insecurity, hunger and poverty.. When next you see him, tell him Nigerians said he is a fucking failure!”@Ojumah
“Pls, do ask him what he has done over the years to deserve a second tenure?”@lekki8721
“Someone who can’t even maintain a seating posture is presiding over 200 million able bodied people, This is diabolic. This is the reason nothing is working. Completely passive and absent sick and finished fossil.”@okakavicto59785
“Look at him. He can’t even be seated properly due to his hypocrisy. We pray to Almighty Allah to destroy Tinibu, his family, and the whole his evil supporters”@BakrWaziri
