Hadiza El-Rufai, the former First Lady of Kaduna State and former senator who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th Assembly, Shehu Sani, engaged in a public exchange on the social media platform X.
Naijaonpoint reports that Sani had posted a comment about President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, which caught El-Rufai’s attention.
In his post, Sani humorously suggested that Tinubu’s international travels often have an impact on the economy, particularly taxes and prices of commodities.
He wrote, “New law of economics; When the President travels out, Taxes and Prices goes up.”
Reacting, Hadiza pointed out the error in Sani’s post, noting that the phrase should be “go up” rather than “goes up.”
In response, Shehu Sani said that Hadiza continues to linger around him despite unfollowing each other.
He wrote, “I unfollowed you and you unfollowed me.And you still de hang around me.Mummy,leave me alone abeg.”
The social media exchange sparked reactions among netizens.
@drezzytalk wrote: “Na English dem sabi correct, to fix the country they can’t!!! Smh”
@Balatic wrote, “If you converted this grammatical energy into moral energy and channeled it on your husband, Southern Kaduna population for no reduce significantly during his 8 horrible years in charge.”
@cibassy wrote: “So English is our problem in this country now”
@adeyinkasamuel wrote: “He’s wrong tho. “Goes” is actually used for singular subjects. Since “taxes and prices “ is plural, then it should be “Go” . If them Børn unna mama fail GNS again for school.”
@AustinINstate wrote: “Madam, Uncle senator was right do your research no sentiments please my little understanding :The correct phrase is “price goes up.” Since “price” is a singular noun, it requires the singular verb “goes.”
@Wasser_02 wrote: “For 8 yrs as governor wife and chief grammar corrector, Kaduna state didnt improve or come first in any external English examination. So ma, this Twitter correction is a waste. You can go ahead to correct mine.”
@johnsin wrote: “Isn’t that same tactics they have been using since generation. President leave and left instructions behind so no one blame him for the actions”
@davidoj_10 wrote: “If you both advised the government or effected changes in such capacities, we’d be way better than where we are right now but here you’m are correcting grammatical errors.”