ABUJA — The ongoing fallout between the Presidency and John Cardinal Onaiyekan over his candid post-meeting comments regarding national economic hardship and hunger has triggered a wave of political friction across digital forums and partisan discussion channels. Onaiyekan asserted that President Tinubu’s advisers are keeping him insulated from the severity of hunger and economic pain felt across ordinary Nigerian households. Administration spokespersons maintained that President Tinubu presented facts and figures showing economic recovery, arguing that structural reforms take time to deliver widespread relief. Presidential aides criticized Onaiyekan for publicly sharing his account of the private meeting, describing it as an “abuse of clerical privilege.” Administration spokespersons maintained that President Tinubu presented facts and figures showing economic recovery, arguing that structural reforms take time to deliver widespread relief.