My friends say I’m a self hater. They are right. Some of the
choices I make are quite mind boggling. Like shouldn’t I be kissing APC’s
cheeks, hoping to get some political appointment, or contract but I’m here,
still insisting that PMB must do more than use body language to run the
country.
I had promised myself not to discuss politics here. My blog
is for laughter and encouragement but just this once, let me break the rule.
We’re making a fool of ourselves with this constant rush to
defend even the president’s cough. A few
days ago, I saw on Twitter, someone boasting about how through social media,
they brought change to the country. What change? Is it not rather early to
shout Uhuru? What major landmark has the
president achieved in 100 days? Which of his promises or the promises APC made
has been fulfilled? Why are we lowering the bar just because we want to be
right?
Okay, he’s declared his assets, that is if you accept that
as an asset declaration, but is that an achievement? I’m seeing APC fans jumping
for joy, mocking the president’s critics, because he has declared his assets? Really?
Electricity has greatly improved, at least in some areas,
but can this be attributed to the current Government? No one seems to really
know. Someone said it was due to his body language. Yesterday I read a report
that said Buhari’s orders to operators was the reason for improved power
supply, another said there’s been no pipeline vandalism since Buhari came
to power. If this Government is going to
claim power improvement, it’d be nice to tell us exactly what’s responsible and
how the President made it happen, apart from body language of course, and the
plans to sustain it.
APC has been shouting down contrary opinions since 1901. People called me names because I raised questions about Buhari
and APC and now they say I’m bitter because I continue to raise questions. We
don’t have many rights as Nigerians but at least we have the right to ask
questions. It should be our collective responsibility to question our leaders
irrespective of their political platform. Language already separates us, and
culture, and class, we mustn't let political parties join the list. In my
opinion, APC should lose the APC twitter handle, and simply tweet as the
Federal Government. Almost every time I read a tweet from that handle, I
cringe. You’d think there’s a different country called APC.
We can’t be quiet about Aregbeshola’s inability or refusal
to pay salaries but scream with the loudest voices at Fayose because he
allegedly asked civil servants to kneel down. We’re shooting ourselves in the
foot with this selective criticism. And it will come back to haunt us.
One of the reasons I believe GEJ’s Government didn't perform
as well as it should have was psychophants, people patting him on the back when they should have chastised him. We’re doing the same
thing to President Buhari. We wanted change, it can only be achieved if we hold
our leaders to their words, not defend them when they break it.
I did not support Buhari during the elections but I have no qualms about being wrong. I will personally bake the
humble pie and eat it with relish. For if
Nigeria truly changes, all our lives will change with it.
