“You Mentioned Insecurity Only Once While Refused To Acknowledge 78 Children In Captivity For 139 Days” — Dr. Al-amin Usman Blasts Tinubu’s Independence Speech
A youth advocate, Dr. Muhammad Al-amin Usman, has slammed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for completely ignoring the bloodbath across Nigeria in his 66th Independence Day speech, saying the President mentioned the word “insecurity” just once.
In a viral video directly addressing the President, Dr. Usman said the omission begs the fundamental question of where the government’s priorities stand.
“Mr. President, in the entirety of your speech, you completely left out the incessant killings and kidnappings ravaging our nation, making mention of the word ‘insecurity’ just once,” he said.
He listed the current tragedies the President refused to address. “Where exactly do our priorities stand when the people have 78 of their innocent children in captivity for 139 days today? When 47 farmers are rounded up and abducted in Niger State while harvesting their fields? When over 500 citizens were abducted from a mosque in Niger State, with 30 killed and hundreds held for ransom?”
Dr. Usman said insecurity cannot be a passing thought when farmers cannot access their farmlands without paying levies to bandits and when roads have become death traps.
“How can insecurity be a passing thought when our farmers cannot access their farmlands without paying levies to bandits? When our roads become death traps? When the present of our citizens is drenched in agony and their future is threatened?” he queried.
He said Nigerians do not want to hear economic projections. “Economic projections are not what they want to hear, Mr. President. How you plan to secure their lives is. Security of lives and property is the primary purpose of government, the bedrock of our constitution, and the oath you swore to protect. Omitting it from your Independence Day speech sends a void signal of how much you truly care for the people.”
Beyond insecurity, Dr. Usman said October 1st has ceased to be a celebration of freedom and has become a painful reminder of how captured Nigerians remain in the shackles of misgovernance and corruption.
He said 66 years after independence, Nigerians still depend on petrol generators for electricity, drink from contaminated streams, battle malnutrition, and carry the worst human development indices on earth — the highest number of out-of-school children globally and one of the highest maternal mortality rates.
He lamented that politicians build houses in high-brow areas within months of entering office, accumulating more wealth than a medical doctor could earn in 30 years, while hardworking Nigerians struggle to afford a single meal.
Dr. Usman concluded with a direct challenge: “Mr. President, we have placed our hopes on broken promises for so long that we no longer believe in the possibility of a renewed hope. We need a leader who does not just think about enriching the coffers of the state, but of enriching and protecting the lives of the very people whom the country prides itself upon. And that process does not start with celebrating the foreign reserves, Mr. President. It starts with protecting our abducted children and bringing them home safely.”
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