In an article titled: “Cheap oil is causing a currency crisis in Nigeria. Banning imports is no solution”, The Economist came hard on former Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan and said he “let politicians and their cronies fill their pockets with impunity”.
However, this did not come down well with Nigerians, APC and PDP loyalist alike. See the tweets Nigerians spat back at The Economist for using words like “buffoon” on their former president:
https://twitter.com/A_gbu_na/status/692816144479186946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
You don't have to be a GEJite before you chastise The Economist for the nonsense. It's an insult on our collective sensibilities!
— Suleiman AbdulSalam (@TheSAAbdulSalam) January 28, 2016
How dare the Economist impugn on an ex-President. Question: Does the prerogative to insolence belong to Nigerians alone? Misplaced outrage?!
— -H- (@MeetHafiz) January 28, 2016
If the economist had done their research, they would hv put things in proper context, instead of denigrating personalities
— onapleasuride (@pleasuride) January 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/_Kaelo_/status/692825711531442176/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
We only had a glutton for a leader in this country,but even his gluttony is paying off now.
The economist is a Baboon Paperhouse— TomiwaSage (@TomiwaSage) January 28, 2016
I don't have to be a GEJ fan to see that The Economist were being highly disrespectful.
— I am (@RitaOnwurah) January 28, 2016
I don't have to be a GEJ fan to see that The Economist were being highly disrespectful.
— I am (@RitaOnwurah) January 28, 2016
