Shan George Stirs Online Debates Over Tinubu’s Re Election

<h4>Shan George Stirs Online Debates Over Tinubu&&num;8217&semi;s Re Election<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Nollywood actress Shan George has stirred widespread conversation after sharing a strongly worded reflection on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu&comma; comparing his current leadership with his time as governor of Lagos State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Her remarks&comma; which quickly gained traction online&comma; later prompted a wave of reactions that reportedly led to a softening of tone and an apology&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recounting her memories of the past&comma; George said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I remember when Tinubu was Lagos State Governor&comma; he did with Lagos what Oti is currently doing in Abia State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At that time&comma; OBJ was the President and was having some political disagreements with Tinubu&comma; yet Tinubu forged on&comma; and carried Lagos State with a lot of grace and panache&comma; turning the city into an even better place than he met it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He built MM2&comma; dualized Allen Avenue and many other roads inside Lagos&comma; cleared the streets of area boys&comma; and created LASTMA&comma; among many other good works&comma; without much support from the federal government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was a good time to live in Lagos then&period; Lagosians loved Tinubu&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She continued&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And so&comma; I believe that&&num;8217&semi;s the yardstick he was measured with&comma; while weighing him for the kind of capacity needed for the role of a President&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Her tone shifted as she questioned the present reality&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But the President we are seeing now makes me wonder&comma; where is the Tinubu we used to know&quest; The Tinubu who stood and protested and won against many past bad governance right from when I was still wearing diapers&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Tinubu who fought OBJ hands down and made Lagos a heaven&quest; The real city boy… what happened&quest;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Offering her personal conclusion&comma; she added&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In my opinion&comma; age happened&comma; which is a natural call and should not be faulted&period; His lifelong desire has always been to become the President of Nigeria&comma; hence the EMILOKAN surge—it’s quite understandable&period; But at this point&comma; even he should step down on his own&comma; without being told&period; It is honourable to leave the stage when there’s still some applause&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His cronies won’t tell him now&semi; their gains won’t let them&comma; until they push him to work himself to exhaustion&period; Being the President of Nigeria&comma; the Giant of Africa&comma; is not moimoi&period; Baba should just resign now&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>George concluded by asserting her independence&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;My name is Shan George&comma; an International Award-Winning African Filmmaker&period; I am proudly Nigerian&period; I’m not a card-carrying member of any political party&semi; I do not support Tinubu&comma; nor am I currently supporting any presidential candidate&period; I am just a good citizen bearing my mind respectfully&period; I LOVE MONDAYS&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Her comments have continued to generate debate across political and entertainment circles&comma; with supporters and critics weighing in on both her message and her subsequent clarification&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;