Nigerians are reacting angrily to an article published by UK’s The Economist magazine describing former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan as an “ineffectual buffoon”.
According to article, the Buhari “government has cracked down on corruption, which had flourished under the previous president, Goodluck Jonathan, an ineffectual buffoon who let politicians and their cronies fill their pockets with impunity.”
The article also hits at claiming the economic crunch Nigeria is currently feeling “is one that Nigeria has been through before—under the then youthful Mr. Buhari and today, as in the 1980s, the president is making a bad situation worse”.
Here’s how Nigerians are reacting to article
The Economist was out of line. They don't pay taxes in Nigeria so being so mad enough to call our ex-president an ineffectual buffoon…
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) January 29, 2016
You think it's cos it's GEJ that we are speaking out against the Economist? Lool. Wait until they call us all orangutans. No be today sef…
— Queen of Chill… (@yelecapri10) January 28, 2016
I don't blame The Economist. We've called GEJ even worse
— Ebuka Akara (@ebuka_akara) January 29, 2016
Imagine! The white man smiling while shaking your hand for winning another award actually thinks you're an ineffectual buffoon.
— Dr. Njakiri Damages (@DrDamages) January 29, 2016
So, many handclapping folks don't understand the issues. Jonathan is an ineffectual buffoon today; tomorrow they'll call PMB a tyrant 11/
— The Oracle (@AbdulMahmud1) January 29, 2016
When David Cameron vowed to "export gay marriage around the world" no one called him a 'buffoon'. The @TheEconomist is thoroughly misguided!
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) January 28, 2016
Hard to argue about GEJ being a disaster but I'm confused abt the point The Economist was trying to make calling him an ineffectual buffoon.
— B. (@zebbook) January 28, 2016
The Economist is a highly reputable & internationally read newspaper. They shouldn’t be using their platform to address the President of a sovereign nation with such denigrating words. We can excuse petty blogs if they do so, but not the likes of CNN, VOA, The Economist, etc.
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I detest the former president for how he managed the economy, but those words by a foreign newspaper is way out of line.
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I am seriously gutted with the Economist. I would cancel my subscription with them immediately if I still had one running.
here you have it. Treat your dad/child/wife/etc the way you want others to treat them.
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We abuse GEJ and PMB without realizing that we are inadvertently desecrating the seat of The President, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Other Nationals now have the temerity to call a former Nigerian president a Buffoon. Would they address president Obama or Bush like that?
Sadly, this despicable tag on GEJ will resonate with a lot of Nigerians who will throng this forum to validate their prejudice, instead of them to call the newspaper to order. It is totally unacceptable for the Economist to address a Nigerian president with those words.
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Irrespective of whatever grudges we may have, I think it’s better to focus on criticizing the policies, actions or inactions of the president (GEJ/PMB) rather than hauling insults on their person.
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