In Search of Oxygen

What do you mean by that analogy? Apart from the Naira notes that got scarce with the Emefiele hidden agenda, what else was scarce during Buhari administration?

I won’t blame you. It is the badness of Satan that makes demons look like saints. Suddenly you have forgotten what Nigerians went through under Buhari?You forgot how women were stripping in banking halls, searching for their own money?

So, what else is scarce now? At least, there is petrol, even during the last Christmas, there was plenty of petrol. Or do you still see queues at filling stations?

What a question! It is not enough to have fuel at filling stations. How many Nigerians can afford to buy it? Why are the refineries still not producing despite sundry promises?You talk as if you just returned from Australia last night.

I am here with you. I am not carried away by the euphoria of public complaints. I am a realist. You can see that the federal government is committed to ensuring that life gets better for all Nigerians, especially the poor and the vulnerable. And that was why Mr President pleaded that the poor should be allowed to breathe.

And that is the point! Where is the air to breathe? Do you realise that oxygen is about the scarcest thing in Nigeria right now?Where is the oxygen to breathe with? Do you know that many are choking to death? Do you know many who have even resorted to breathing with just one nostril still can’t find enough air to breathe? And by the way, do you realise that those asking that the poor be allowed to breathe are the very same people locking up the oxygen and releasing excess carbon dioxide in the air? You mean you can’t see through the hypocrisy?

What are you implying? Do you mean that President Tinubu is responsible for the choking to death of many?

You said so. Just last week, even President Tinubu himself admitted and took responsibility for the crush in the economy. People are dying. People can’t buy even common drugs to keep them alive, let alone normal food stuff to quench hunger. Companies are shutting down. Jobs are being lost. People can’t pay their bills. Life is gradually returning to the pristine days of Thomas Hobbes where life is short, nasty and brutish.

You have seen the protests against hunger everywhere, except the south east. Do you think it is a joke? As terrible and punitive as Buhari’s administration was,Tinubu’s eight months of Hades is making Buhari look like a benevolent angel. Hunger has been lionized and it is knocking people down amidst fake and deceptive preachmentsof patience and tolerance.

Be calming down! Things are getting better. Did you not see that the Naira is regaining its value gradually? As soon as the FOREX issue stabilizes, many things will go back to normal and Nigerians will not only smile again, but hail the vision and foresight of President Tinubu. Go and mark my words!

There is nothing to mark, my friend.You are talking balderdash! You do not understand the depth of the hardship.You don’t know that the hungry man is an angry man.You do not realise how acidic hardship can be. They cannot be saying thepoor should be allowed to breath and keep enduring the hardship whereas they splurge in vexatious epicureanism. Don’t deceive the people with multitude of promises. Explain what has happened to the trillions saved from the removal of petrol subsidy. Tell us who is benefitting from the so-called floating of the Naira. Why is hardship and gnashing of teeth simply increasing?

You do not understand how badly messed up the economy was before Tinubu came on board. The Nigerian economy is going through surgical operation. It is never an easy or painfree exercise. What is certain is that at the end of the day, the patient gets better and begins life, full blast again. That is where Tinubu is taking us as a country.

Mr Surgeon, well done! Only those who survive the pains and riskof a reckless surgery canlive to tell the story.Of what use is a surgery that cannot guaranty safety and survival? If people are no longer able to buy cement or even water let alone rice or beans or even garri as a result of this surgery, then we must either stop the surgery or stop the surgeon.

Where is your faith? Believe that all shall be well