Fresh from Aso Rock, Ibadan’s top traditional voice is betting big that Tinubu has Nigeria’s mess under control.
Why the Olubadan went to Abuja
Why the Olubadan went to Abuja
- Rashidi Ladoja showed up at the Presidential Villa to thank Bola Tinubu for his support.
- He said this visit was overdue, since his coronation as Olubadan back in September 2025.
- After sitting down with Tinubu at Aso Rock, Ladoja said the President is actively tackling Nigeria’s security problems.
- He left convinced that the administration is not drifting or guessing.
- Ladoja pointed to Tinubu’s time running Lagos State as proof of his style.
- In his view, Lagos’ economic turnaround did not happen by accident.
- Ladoja called Nigeria a deeply complex country, way beyond the scale of any single state.
- That complexity, he argued, explains why the challenges look heavier at the national level.
- Drawing from his own experience as former governor of Oyo State, Ladoja said today’s states have more money and flexibility than governors once did.
- He believes this creates room for real fixes across the system.
- Ladoja said Nigeria should be in a far stronger place by the time Tinubu’s tenure ends in 2031.
- His take is simple: if Tinubu could remake Lagos, the same playbook can scale nationally.
- Nigeria’s problems are serious, but not hopeless.
- Ladoja walked away, saying the President knows exactly what he is doing, and that patience will pay off if the process is allowed to run its course.
