A full, solid national monument constructed from the ground up.
Fast-forward to 2025 under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu:
₦39 billion was spent, not to build a new one, but to renovate the existing ICC.
Now think about that:
From ₦240 million to ₦39 billion a staggering leap for a mere facelift.
But here’s what really stings:
IBB, the man who built the ICC from scratch, never named it after himself.
Tinubu, who merely renovated it, renamed it the Bola Ahmed Tinubu ICC.
This says a lot.
This isn’t about legacy through nation-building.
It’s about personal branding, self-glorification, and rewriting history in paint and concrete.
While Nigerians battle rising inflation, insecurity, poor healthcare, and failing education, this administration is more focused on immortalizing a name than solving real problems.
It’s not just renovation.
It’s ego construction and we all know who’s footing the bill.
There’s a problem. And it’s deeper than bricks and walls.
#Shams
