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Today, I watched a “Seyi Tinubu Colloquium” being livestreamed on major television stations, and I couldn’t help wondering how deeply the culture of sycophancy has eaten into Nigerian society. I remember the days of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, when Aso Rock became the venue for the wedding of one of his daughters to a sitting governor. Another governor also married into the presidential family. Those relationships attracted enormous political attention, but after Yar’Adua’s death, the political spectacle surrounding them faded so also did these marriages. Today, we are witnessing another manifestation of this culture of power worship. What exactly has @STinubu contributed to Nigerian society to warrant this elaborate colloquium, attended by so many “prominent personalities” and broadcast across major television stations? What extraordinary public service, intellectual contribution, or national achievement is being celebrated? Is this about merit, or simply about being the son of a sitting president? At a time when millions of Nigerians are struggling with hunger, unemployment, insecurity, and economic hardship brought about by his father, @officialABAT we should be having national shaming of the Tinubu regime. Sad day!