Drama Unfolds! El-Rufai’s Wife Goes Head-To-Head With Shehu Sani – You Won’t Believe What Happened

According to Naija News, the exchange was triggered by Sani’s humorous remark regarding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, specifically about how the president’s international trips affect the economy, including taxes and commodity prices.

In his post, Sani quipped, “New law of economics; When the President travels out, Taxes and Prices goes up.”

Hadiza quickly pointed out a grammatical error, stating that it should be “go up” instead of “goes up.”

In his comeback, Sani remarked that despite them unfollowing each other, Hadiza still seemed to linger around him. He said, “I unfollowed you and you unfollowed me. And you still de hang around me. Mummy, leave me alone abeg.”

This online exchange sparked a flurry of reactions from netizens.

User @drezzytalk commented, “Na English dem sabi correct, to fix the country they can’t!!! Smh.”

@Balatic added, “If you converted this grammatical energy into moral energy and channeled it on your husband, Southern Kaduna’s population wouldn’t have reduced significantly during his 8 horrible years in charge.”

Another user, @cibassy, questioned, “So English is our problem in this country now?”

@adeyinkasamuel defended Hadiza, saying, “He’s wrong tho. ‘Goes’ is actually used for singular subjects. Since ‘taxes and prices’ is plural, it should be ‘go.’ If them Børn unna mama fail GNS again for school.”

User @AustinINstate suggested Hadiza do her research, asserting that “the correct phrase is ‘price goes up.’ Since ‘price’ is a singular noun, it requires the singular verb ‘goes.’”

Wasser_02 chimed in, saying, “For 8 years as governor’s wife and chief grammar corrector, Kaduna state didn’t improve or come first in any external English examination. So ma, this Twitter correction is a waste. You can go ahead to correct mine.”

Lastly, @johnsin wrote, “Isn’t that the same tactic they’ve been using for generations? The president leaves and leaves instructions behind, so no one blames him for the actions.”

User @davidoj_10 concluded, “If you both advised the government or made changes in such capacities, we’d be way better than where we are right now, but here you are correcting grammatical errors.”