Seun Okinbaloye, a popular media personality on Channels TV, has shared strong advice for President Bola Tinubu. The President has now been in office for two years, and Seun wants him to think carefully about the people he listens to.

On June 8, during his show, Seun said something important. He told the President that if he wants people to remember him well in the future, he should stop paying attention to those who only praise him secretly. These people might clap for him when no one is watching, but they ignore the problems that citizens face every day.

Seun also said the President should quickly find smart and honest advisers—people who can think deeply and give real advice. It is not good for the country if the President only surrounds himself with loyal followers who just agree with everything he says. Wise advisers help a leader make better decisions.

This message from Seun Okinbaloye is a reminder that good leadership needs truth and intelligence, not just loyalty. President Tinubu still has time to make changes that could improve his leadership and how people remember him.

In his words

‘’Two years are gone. Half of your constitutional mandate spent navigating the stormy waters of reforms, resistance and rising hardship. You came to office promising a renewed hope agenda, telling Nigerians that the pain will be temporary like that of a childbirth and that joy would follow but two years in, the cries have grown louder and many now wonder when would the joy come.

Inflation surged, food inflation went to an all-time high, transport costs were tripled, and the average Nigerian now spends more of their income just to eat, that is if they are lucky. Petrol is hovering over N700 per litre and electricity tariffs have risen even as supply is still very erratic and yet , the Nigerian people are resilient, loyal and have held on but holding on cannot be the national plan.

You promised to lift millions out of poverty, create thousands of digital jobs in 24 months and double power generation. This were not poetic aspirations. They were campaign commitments.

Mr President, time is not on your side. You have just 12 months before the political season begins to whisper again. If ever there was a time to show the fruits of sacrifice, it is now. You are the President of both your lovers and your loudest critics, The hopefuls who sang your name at the polls and the skeptics who prayed you will fail. Leadership demands maturity of mind, empathy of heart. You now preside over a fractured but hopeful nation, Good people, bad politics and an ugly economy. Nigeria today is at a historic reflection point.

Mismanage this opportunity, Sir, and we risk descending into a cycle of unrest, disillusionment and regret. But if you rise to the moment and you could become a defining leader, one whose name is etched in gold, as a man who brought Nigeria back from the brink, you must ignore sycophants who clap in darkness while citizens cry in daylight.

Mr President, Please urgently surround yourself with thinkers, doers and patriots and not just loyalists.”