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| ABIOLA AKINTUNDE |
The Nigerian situation today is that which call for concern, knowing how difficult things have become for the populace; sparing no one. Things have gone so bad that earnings can not anymore satisfy basic needs recently.
It does not matter where you work or who you work for, neither does it matter where you resides nor where you are from. The system surely have its way of getting to the individual always. Thus, we can not remain indifferent anymore in front of these national challenges.
The economy today has been poor and our understanding of the cause which was the irresponsible management of national resources by unpatriotic Nigerians is fading at a greater pace than which we realised the remedy being done by President Buhari administration.
Our patience is running dry with conditions not improving in spite of our expectations after sending the previous tenants of Aso Rock packing but I believe we understand that home cleaning always require time, especially when the previous tenants left a serious mess to be undone for the new tenants.
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Though this home cleaning business is taking more time than envisaged but what annoys the most is the inability to limit this difficulties for Nigerians and it seems the government of the day does not understand how difficult things are.
Salaries are not being paid, Power Holders are either on strike or withholding power from service users while fuel has become an expensive commodity in a territory where it is abundant. As of today, Nigerians are children of butchers who are living on bones.
Transportation has become expensive, cost of running business has become expensive and consequently, cost of consumption has also become very expensive. Nigerians are finding it difficult to cope with this economic climate and there is need for a climate change.
We are a people who are mostly unemployed or underemployed while the minority of the population are those that can be said to be employed. Majority of Nigerians are hustlers, cheap transportation and readily available fuel is needed for fruitfulness of their hustle. Presently, this is not the reality.
You may not find putting a meal on your table difficult but you must know that you being able to provide yourself with a meal does not automatically translate into others being able to provide themselves with the same.
Should we be more patient and put the blame on former tenants of Aso Rock or should we continue to criticise this government so that it will put in more effort needed to resolve primary issues necessary for Nigerians to put a meal on their table?
This is a question for those of us that occupy the office of the private citizen of Nigeria which is the most important and strategic office when it comes to nation building.
I, unlike others who believe we should forget the past, believe we should not for we must learn from it as posterity continue to judge it. Thus, we must know the bad governance of President Jonathan for what it is and make sure governance under democracy will not suffer such fate never again.
To avoid such fate, President Buhari administration must take back the National Assembly from Peoples Democratic Party proxies for the good of good governance which he so wish to administer. He must also take charge of the challenging fuel scarcity caused by greedy oil marketers and distributors alike for the good of Nigerians and the good of Nigeria's economy.
President Muhammadu Buhari must realise that when governing, it does not matter which name you are called, what really matters is how much good your administration have done and to do this good, you must keep your moral compass intact and the moral whip must be ready to whip those that find joy in misconduct into line.
Abiola Akintunde is a political commentator based in Nigeria. He tweets at @AAbiolat on twitter, blogs on www.abiolaoakintunde.wordpress.com and can be reached via paulakintunde@gmail.com
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