Where In The World Is President Bola Tinubu?
Yes, we have been informed he's on vacation for some weeks. But this column doesn't think a sitting president has the luxury of total privacy for weeks on end.
By Steve Osuji
Yes, we have been informed he's on vacation for some weeks. But this column doesn't think a sitting president has the luxury of total privacy for weeks on end.
This was even as it was announced on Arise Television that President Tinubu arrived Paris Sunday for the second leg of his holidays. It was not known where he departed from to arrive at Paris.
The presidency of a country bears a country's sovereign authority. It's like a monarch of yore reigning over a kingdom.
A President, like a king, should never go to another king's domain to hibernate for weeks on end. It speaks ill about the state of his kingdom.
Today, most leaders create exotic vacation spots at home where they retreat to and unwind. Most presidents shun medical tourism in another country. Apart from the security risk, even minor national entities have upgraded their health systems to the point that high-emd facilities serve their leaders and create medical tourism in the process.
It's unacceptable that a Nigerian president still travels to another president's domain in search of rest, recreation and medical support in 2026.
For weeks our president is incommunicado! That is perverse indeed.
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