The Presidency has shared an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated image portraying First Lady Oluremi Tinubu as an akara seller.
The image was posted on Friday via the official X account of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Media Centre.
It shows the First Lady wearing an apron while frying akara, with a sign beside her that reads, “Iya Alakara – Hot and Fresh Akara.”
The post came hours after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, speaking at the inaugural Presidential Press Corps Dinner at the State House Banquet Hall in Abuja, jokingly referred to the First Lady as “Iya Alakara,” a Yoruba phrase meaning “mother of the akara seller.”
The image also follows the First Lady’s remarks during the launch of the Renewed Hope Initiative’s Flow with Confidence campaign at the State House, where she encouraged women and young people to explore small businesses that require little start-up capital, including selling akara, roasted corn and kuli-kuli.
Since its release, the AI-generated image has generated mixed reactions on X, with many users questioning why it was shared.
@DeLta wrote, “Official handle of the president media ? This is not comical as it should look. It is utterly ridiculous and grossly insulting. What do these people take us for ??”
@Jolly wrote, “You wan shift attention back to akara. We have gone past that. Aso Rock fraud is what we are dealing with now.”
@Ralph olamilekan wrote, “Useless lots,,,kids have been in kidnappers den over 50 days nothing about that,, just recently Your chief of staff that’s a thief and criminal has been trending nothing about that buh let’s talk about iya alakara, fuuuuls.”
@Benson Hartman wrote, “See what Yoruba people have reduced presidency to, chai.”
@Gentry wrote, “This is to show how small the government of the day rates its citizens. You advocate for mediocrity and call it innovation, people who wants better for themselves complain now it has to turn to a nationwide meme being used by the government media team lol It’s a shame.”
@D-ZBSI wrote, “Na our mama be this oooooooooooo Selling Akara is better than selling fake drinks and operating a baby factory. God bless Nigeria.”
@Truth Zone wrote, “Someone please tell me this is a parody account because there is no way the presidents media team is brazenly mocking and trolling suffering Nigerians this way.”
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