Just In: Ministerial nominee, Bosun Tijani, apologises to senate over old tweet calling them 'moron'

• The Nigerian Senate has called Dr Bosun Tijani, a ministerial nominee of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from Ogun State
• The Senate accused Tijani of being unpatriotic and referred to his old tweet from 2021, where he described the Senate as morons
• On the other hand, Tijani immediately tendered an apology noting that he tweeted out of anger, a position some Senators reiterated in his defence

FCT, Abuja - Bosun Tijani, one of the ministerial nominees of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has apologised to the Senate for an old tweet in which he described them as 'morons.'

The Ogun State ministerial nominee was tackled by Senator Abdulfatai Buhari, representing Oyo North Senatorial District, on Saturday, August 4, TheCable reported.

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Senator Buhari said:

“On the 21st of July 2019, Dr Bosun tweeted against Nigeria that he does not appreciate the Nigerian passport and Nigeria as a nation.”

Tijani immediately tendered his apologies during his ministerial screening session at the upper chamber of the national assembly, stating that he tweeted out of anger.

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Senator Ishaku Abbo representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, immediately rose to Tijani’s defence, saying that the nominee tweeted out of frustration and love for Nigeria, Channels TV reported.

Also, Senator Solomon Adeola from Ogun West Senatorial District defended the nominee from his state, saying his “youthful exuberance” and “shortcoming” should be forgiven.

Adeola, who chastised the nominee, said Tijani has what it takes to use his skills to develop Nigeria’s IT industry, saying the baby should not be thrown away with the bath water.

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Viral Video: How I Lost My First Grandchild to Medical Neglect of Govt Hospital, Says Akpabio

The President of the Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio, has revealed that every family in Nigeria has one way or another other suffer from the negligence of a government hospital.

At the ministerial nominee screening on Friday, August 4, the Senate President also recounted how he was a victim.

He stated that in 2019 his 32-year-old grandchild bled to death due to the negligence of a government hospital.

Source: Legit.ng