By Okutepa Jibrin
Those in power in Nigeria always feel that Nigerians are fools. Else, how do you explain the explanations by those in power, particularly in the executive and the legislature, that the current hardship in Nigeria was not caused by the current administration.
They should go and tell these stories to the marine. Show me who amongst the leadership in power now who was not part of the past government in Nigeria. Almost all of them were directly or indirectly involved in the past government and are still in the current government. Most, if not all, in positions today were part and parcel of the past administrations.
Almost all the people in power now have been part and parcel of the political parties that have ruled and ruined Nigeria since 1999. The rots we see in the systems in the three arms of government are the fruits of the roles played by politicians that have fixed themselves in positions of authority since 1999.
The current leadership in power was produced by APC. APC seized power from PDP in 2015. Those in PDP that metamorphosed into APC and preaching change or renewed hope were part of PDP that ruined and ruled Nigeria from 1999. Some of these people were governors and legislators in the past governments in Nigeria. What did they do. Nothing. Rather, we have witnessed a steady decline in the living standards of Nigerians.
Social amenities are near non-existent. Security of lives and properties are not guaranteed. The liberties of Nigerians from freedom from fear are in jeopardy on a daily basis. The rate of corruption and corrupt ways of doing things remain the archaic ways of doing things.
Justice has become too difficult to have in judgements in our courts. Principles that promote political rascality have been propounded that it is easier for the camel to go through the eyes of the needle in Nigerians.
Collectively, it is difficult to convince any reasonable person that the current hardships in Nigeria were not caused by the current government. Those in the current government had greater influences in the past governments.
So, the stories that the current hardships were not caused by the current government can not be true. There are immediate and remote causes of the current hardships in Nigeria.
Any political parties or politicians that have been at the corridors of powers since 1999, either in the executive or the legislative arms of government, can not exonerate himself or herself from the current hardships being faced by Nigerians.
The solution to current hardships is simple. Let those who have stolen our commonwealth be made to refund it and let these resources be used for the good of all. Nigerians want peace and security and not compromised security systems rooted in profitable self-serving and selfish commercial ventures.
