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| Seun Kuti |
The demands of members of the Nigerian
senate have attracted the scorn of Afrobeat musician Seun Kuti.
Seun, who is following in the footsteps of
his late father, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, of condemning extravagant spending by
politicians and government officials, took to his Facebook account yesterday
where he posted a picture of a Sunday newspaper of April 17, 2016, with a
headline ‘Senate buys 108 jeeps at twice price’.
The headline bulleted that Senate ‘pays
N35m for each Land Cruiser’ despite a ‘showroom price of N17m each.’ The
story also bulleted that ’36 vehicles distributed, others to arrive in May.’
The Afrobeat musician made reference to
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce who advocates ‘Common Sense’ and ‘Buy Naija’
revolution in the Senate.
‘When it comes to luxury ‘common sense’ is
quiet ooooo. Lol. What happened to (Innoson) the motor guy? Na Toyota dem wan
drive? Wake up people.’
He then added the hashtags:
- #ýtearitdown and
- #ýhouseofmisrepresentatives and continued in a second post.
‘OK dear Nigerian, you have to answer this
question please,’ he said.
‘If one Land Cruiser is 35 million naira,
how much is Rolls Royce Phantom?’
He then took a swipe at the children of
the lawmakers, writing, ‘If you are their kids, your hashtag should be:
- #ashamedofmyparents
- #ýchildrenofthieves.’
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