{"id":7894,"date":"2018-02-27T10:47:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T17:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?post_type=news&p=7894"},"modified":"2018-02-27T10:47:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T17:47:41","slug":"suit-atop-agbada-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/news\/suit-atop-agbada-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Online frenzy! See Nigerians reaction on social media as Lai Mohammed picture wearing Suit atop Agbada goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has sparked a slew of controversy on the Nigerian social media after he was pictured wearing a jacket atop \u2018Agbada.\u2019<\/p>\n

Agbada is one of the names for a flowing wide sleeved robe worn by men in mostly West Africa region.<\/p>\n

The minister, who paid a guided tour to Real Madrid Stadium, Santiago Barnabeu, Madrid, Spain was lensed wearing a flowing skyblue cloloured agbada with a dust grey jacket on top and a traditional cap.<\/p>\n

Some Nigerians, who were stunned at the minister\u2019s sense of dressing, called for immediate psychiatrist test on him.<\/p>\n

Read some of Nigerian reactions below:<\/p>\n

@ nkuuse lol this man is good at disgracing Nigerians, sir it\u2019s not funny<\/p>\n

@thesiciliannA top government official with a conscience will not be doing this just days after such a massive kidnap of school children.Newpride(m): 9:43pm On Feb 25
\nWhen lies supercedes and precedes everything he does, the he must dress this way.
\nwearing a coat (that one no be suit) on top agbada. grin grin grin
\nI leave the rest for nairalanders<\/p>\n

@adecz: A whole Minister of the FRN, so excited & behaving like one common tourist because
\nhe is visiting Real Madrid Stadium.
\nSee him \u2018testing\u2019 all the seats like one village man from\u2026\u2026. Where sef??
\nPMB & his Charlie, Charlie ministers sef. See dressing like Jagwa or Wizard Of Oz\u2026..<\/p>\n

@Hokafor Lie lie Mohammed you look haggard. After all the Moines you have been stealing you still look like my gateman.<\/p>\n

@aspirebig: Suit on top Agbada\u2026\u2026..
\nWhen you wear cloth like \u2026\u2026you cant tell which country jollof rice sweets better because your subconscious mind is battling with the wrong cloth combination.<\/p>\n

Why not wear \u201cEnglish\u201d though as a pure \u201cliar\u201d wey im be, the lies will not be flowing well\u2026or you wear just \u201cnative\u201d \u2026so when doing your \u201d lie lie\u201d (work),you can easily cover the truth well with the Agbada\u2026
\nShioor\u2026.misplaced priorities every where
\nYou dress how you want to addressed\u2026.
\nDo these guys even think about their image as \u201d Nigeria government \u201d at all?
\n@knightsTemplerSuit on top agbada hehehe\u2026.Nigeria don really enter one chance.
\nHis dressing is a reflection of how the country is govern. That is anyhow anyhow lol<\/p>\n

@roffeluczy1 For God\u2019s sake what has he gone there to do? instead of looking into Nigeria predicament as to sort things out, there he is at the pitch.
\nNigerians, shine your eyes come 2019.
\n@Eaa247 were there no police officers in the stadium to stop a mad man from entering there? This must b a porous stadium.<\/p>\n

Last year, the minister sparked a major online frenzy after he said the best jollof rice is made in fellow West Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has sparked a slew of controversy on the Nigerian social media after he was pictured wearing a jacket atop \u2018Agbada.\u2019 Agbada is one of the names for a flowing wide sleeved robe worn by men in mostly West Africa region. The minister, who paid a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"news-category":[319],"yoast_head":"\nOnline frenzy! See Nigerians reaction on social media as Lai Mohammed picture wearing Suit atop Agbada goes viral<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Online frenzy! 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