By Musbahu El-Hamza
“Forward Ever, Backward Never!”
The above is what the president almost ended his speech with this morning. And you know what that means.🤷🏿♂️
And it reminds me of PMB’s statement, that he’s handing over the country to Olule, “to continue from where I stopped!”
1. I said that Olule will not announce the restoration of fuel subsidy, as many Nigerians were expecting in his speech today. He didn’t.
This, you’ll understand if you listen to his Minister of Information who spoke to Nigerians on Aljazeera’s “Inside Story,” yesterday.
2. The value of Nigeria ₦aira. Second big request Nigerians are making. This is not happening as well.
I do not know what magic Olule will do to bring back the value of the ₦aira before the end of August, or even before the end of his admission in 3 years.
But thank God, he didn’t say in his speech that he’ll again share some rice through our governorss to give us. That’d have been an insult to us.
3. You said you’ve increased oil production; started distributing conversation kits to drivers to reduce transportation cost; that you’re spending billions for students loan (one of the unwise policies of this administration); building thousands of houses; subsidizing farmers with fertilizer and other food products, but none of these is reflected in the reality of Nigerians. Situation is only getting worse by the day.
I understand that the problem with Nigeria politicians is that whatever decision they make, they take that to be the ultimate and nothing more. They don’t listen to the electorate, they don’t care what we think or need whatsoever.
The speech this morning is nothing new to our ears. It’s as shameful as he described the incident in Kano.
