PRESIDENTIAL DINNER... JUNIOR ‘TITANS’ NOT ALLOWED! PRESIDENT BUHARI IGNORES PROMINENT MAGNATES, POLITICIANS

Few men are worthy to dine with President Muhammadu Buhari. To dine with Buhari, you have to cut the perfect portrait of a deity or industry

god. The Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces would not be seen in company of lesser known gods. Little wonder he chose to dine with a select crew of Nigerian tin gods as he broke his Ramadan fast and took Iftar last Monday. In the spirit of the recently concluded holy month, the great men and women of commerce were honoured with a privileged invitation to the president’s banquet. Among the few leaders of commerce and industry President Buhari exclusively invited were Dr. Mike Ishola Adenuga, GCON, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Group of Companies, Zenith Bank’s chairman, Jim Ovia; the chairman of Forte Oil, Femi Otedola; oil magnate, Folorunsho Alakija and Tony Elumelu. Their interaction with the president gave them the opportunity to discuss about Nigeria’s dwindling economy. It also accorded them the esteemed reputation of the president’s most preferred associates and partners in progress.

This did not go down well with many sections of the country’s rich and famous, particularly lower titans in the country’s business and political circuit. HighLife findings revealed that many of them who were not invited were unhappy about it. They felt betrayed and humiliated. Some of them openly declared that Buhari was partial in his choice. Ask Wale Babalakin, Henry Fajemirokun, Mohammed Indimi, they will confirm this.