In a statement issued on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, as Nigeria marks this year’s Children’s Day celebration, Ezekwesili warned the President and political leaders against issuing the customary Children’s Day messages, insisting they have lost the moral right to celebrate children while thousands remain victims of abductions and insecurity across the country.
A former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has blasted President Bola Tinubu, Nigerian governors, lawmakers and the Nigerian political class, accusing them of abandoning Nigerian children to terrorism, kidnapping and systemic neglect.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, as Nigeria marks this year’s Children’s Day celebration, Ezekwesili warned the President and political leaders against issuing the customary Children’s Day messages, insisting they have lost the moral right to celebrate children while thousands remain victims of abductions and insecurity across the country.
She stated, “A warning to President Bola Tinubu, the Nigerian government, the national assembly, the Senate, the House of Representatives, Governors’ Forum, State Houses of Assembly, and the Nigerian political class at large:
‘Do not dare wish our children ‘happy Children’s Day’ today. To the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Vice President, the Governors of the 36 States, the Federal Executive Council, the Members of the National Assembly, the State Houses of Assembly, and the entire political class that has captured and destroyed the Nigerian State:
