Reno Omokri, a well-known sociopolitical activist, urged Nigerians on Sunday to refrain from blaming President Bola Tinubu for the country’s economic difficulties and the high dollar exchange rate. Omokri attributed these issues partly to the citizens’ preference for foreign products over local ones.
In a post on social media, Omokri highlighted the irony of Nigerians’ reliance on foreign goods and services while criticizing the government for economic challenges.
He wrote, “You come on the Internet with MTN. You are wearing a $250 human hair wig that was sacrificed in an Indian temple and then shipped to Nigeria as ‘Brazilian’ hair, your clothes come from Italy, your shoes from Spain, and you had Quaker oats from England for breakfast, with eggs from South Africa, which you ate while watching DSTV also from South Africa, and you are heaping curses on Bola Tinubu over the state of the Naira?”
He continued, stressing the impact of consumer choices on the local economy and currency value, “You are the problem with the Naira. You, with your MTN data. High Dollar kpa e mbe! If you are not producing locally or consuming locally and you come to social media to complain, then you don’t yet understand that the Naira has been floated. If you like throw tantrums from now until 2027, the dollar will not come down until you start consuming made-in-Nigeria goods and services.”
Omokri emphasized the importance of supporting local businesses and industries, “If your money is not circulating in made-in-Nigeria goods and services, no power on Earth can make your Naira circulate with higher purchasing power. This is about economics. This is not propaganda. Drive with Innoson, Call with Glo, Build with Dangote, Eat with Nasco.”
