The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has disclosed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu urged Nigerians dissatisfied with his administration to consider voting him out in the 2027 presidential election.

According to the monarch, President Tinubu made this statement on Thursday during an emergency meeting with traditional rulers led by the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III. The meeting was held in light of the looming hardship protests planned for August 1-10, 2024.

The Ooni of Ife noted that Tinubu called for dialogue and reiterated his commitment to alleviating the country’s economic hardship.

“The President has said, ‘Any leader that you don’t like, wait (until 2027) and vote him out.’ He is open to dialogue. We know that Nigeria faces many challenges. But are we going to destroy our nation by ourselves? Is that what we are all after?

“It is very difficult to build, but it is the easiest to destroy. We are all stakeholders in this country and are stronger as a nation than individually,” the Ooni of Ife stated.

Previously, President Tinubu assured Nigerians that the country’s economy is on the path to recovery, despite rising dissatisfaction among citizens. Current economic indicators show core inflation at 34.19 percent and food inflation at 40.87 percent, contributing to the public's discontent.