Tinubu not aware some persons calling him T-Pain – Onanuga

Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, has said his principal, President Bola Tinubu, is not T-Pain.

Amid the hike in pump price of fuel and nationwide hardship, some Nigerians, especially on social media, have referred to Tinubu as T-Pain, stage name of an American rapper.

But when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Onanuga said Tinubu has not come to inflict pain on Nigerians but to repair the economy.

“The President is aware that the citizens are going through some difficulties, but he is not aware that some persons have labelled him T-pain on social media as he does not read what is on the social media.”

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“Some people have also responded and called the President a different name. So, as far as I am concerned, it is a non-issue.

“Some people out of mischief just say somebody is a T-pain, He (Tinubu) is not T-pain. The President has never shied away from telling Nigerians that he feels their pain and he is working very hard to make sure that he gives them some relief so that things will get better and this country will get more prosperity.”

He said despite galloping inflation, “we are experiencing economic growth, despite inflation, revenues have increased”.