Actor Ray Adeka Tackles Tinubu Supporters Over Economic Reforms, Recalls 2012 Subsidy Protest

Nigerian actor Ray Adeka has criticised supporters of President Bola Tinubu for defending the administration’s economic policies whenever Nigerians complain about the rising cost of living and economic hardship.

In a video shared online, Adeka accused government supporters of focusing on the administration’s reforms rather than addressing the difficulties Nigerians are facing.

He questioned why policies such as fuel subsidy removal, the expansion of the tax bracket and the floating of the naira were being presented as major achievements.

The actor also recalled Tinubu’s opposition to fuel subsidy removal during the 2012 Occupy Nigeria protests against the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Adeka argued that it was contradictory for Tinubu’s supporters to celebrate subsidy removal under the current administration, given the President’s position during the protests.

“The same fuel subsidy that Jonathan tried to remove, that Tinubu was blatantly against its removal, that’s what he wants us to celebrate,” he said.

The actor further criticised the expansion of the tax bracket, arguing that it would bring more low-income Nigerians into the tax net.

He also questioned the decision to float the naira, sarcastically describing the three policies as supposedly brilliant reforms.

Adeka said government supporters often respond to criticism of the administration by listing its economic reforms instead of engaging with concerns about the impact of those policies on ordinary Nigerians.

“So anytime you attack this government and you talk about the Tinubu administration and how people are suffering, the people who support his government are quick to talk about the reforms. It’s always grammar,” he said.