Final week a reader by title Olajide referred to as from Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, referred to as and engaged me in a really attention-grabbing dialogue on the state of the nation particularly within the mild of the bombshell of a letter written by Iba Gani Adams to President Tinubu. He mentioned he had seen that I appear to have taken it upon myself to continuously goal President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in my articles. He mentioned he was neither right here nor there on the matter. However he informed me that Nigerians have been simply now attending to know the character that these within the South West of Nigeria had lengthy recognized by his antecedents.
He mentioned throughout the presidential election on the threat of their lives, a few of them had tried to warning different Nigerians in regards to the Tinubu candidacy. ‘’We knew him to be somebody with a winner-takes-all disposition who will like to make use of you when he thinks you’re helpful. And when you find yourself now not helpful he dumps you with out wanting again’’ Olajide mentioned. He made out an extended listing of distinguished personalities and teams within the South West together with the Yoruba socio-political group the Afenifere, which he mentioned had been used and jettisoned in like method. ‘’Can’t you see what he did to El-Rufai (former Kaduna Governor) who he virtually begged to come back and be part of him within the new Authorities he was to kind and Ambode the previous Governor of Lagos?’’. Jide went on ‘’Have a look at what he’s doing to Nigeria. If Nigerians consider President Tinubu will in some way take measures to reverse a few of his harsh financial insurance policies because of the outcry of the individuals then they may wait until kingdom come’’ he concluded.
My reply to Jide was to refer him to the Chinua Achebe’s ‘’Issues Fall Aside’’ by which a sure hen was requested why it saved flying with out stopping. And the hen’s cryptic reply was that since males have learnt to shoot with out lacking their mark, it (the hen that’s) will even be taught to fly with out perching on timber. I additionally added the favored Nigerian saying for good measure; ‘’pikin wey say im mama no go sleep, im sef no go sleep’’.
By import, that is referencing President Tinubu’s declared intent to topic Nigerians to the severest of hardships ever in a way that speaks of Pharoahian wickedness. The unremitting hardship that President Tinubu has unfurled via his brutal financial insurance policies is aware of no tribe, faith or area. More and more it’s changing into clear that President Tinubu means no good to any area, tribe or faith particularly per his financial insurance policies, however himself, household and circle of shut associates. And within the technique of advancing his private curiosity, President Tinubu is prepared throw Nigerians and Nigeria underneath the bus as we at the moment are experiencing underneath his authorities.
It’s now no query that President Tinubu didn’t come to steer Nigeria out of its existential challenges. He got here with intention to rule and thru that, run his authorities as a holding concern to opportunistically purchase nationwide property including to these he acquired as former Governor of Lagos state. Within the course of he additionally hoped to entrench himself as the only strongest Nigerian character to which each different character is beholden economically and politically.
Tracing again to how he began on this journey since he ascended to energy, we are able to see that President Tinubu supposed to run his authorities not on the premise of session collaboration and inclusiveness. Nigeria should succumb to his whims and wishes and never the opposite manner spherical as in democracies. His financial in addition to political insurance policies are tailor-made in the direction of state financial and political seize with him ruling the roost. On the financial facet of issues, the president runs an enormous hoover machine sucking up revenues the place they might be discovered within the huge Nigerian financial firmament. Politically, President Tinubu is deploying his community of enablers and enforcers to take over political establishments together with political events in order to finally liquidate any potential particular person or group opposition to his political street map.
This financial and political street map will attain its decisive level by 2027 when president Tinubu hopes to win the following presidential elections of that 12 months and consolidate his political and financial standing in Nigeria going ahead. Among the many projected motion gadgets of president Tinubu’s put up 2027 agenda is a political restructuring not essentially as demanded by Nigerians however to additional entrench himself and rule Nigeria like a despot. That’s what the present financial and political street map of president Tinubu is all about.
On this regard I name on Nigerians to note that your entire Tinubu financial and political street map is all about him alone; it’s his script, his manufacturing, and underneath his path solely. President Tinubu doesn’t count on anybody and another establishment to share within the credit score and glory that comes with this manufacturing; different Nigerians are merely both a part of the supporting forged or as extras.
That’s the reason not like earlier financial insurance policies we’ve got had on this nation, Tinubu’s has no complete plan that ought to essentially embody different unbiased actors both as planners or implementers. The planning and execution is on the whims of Tinubu alone and Nigerians should topic themselves to the all-knowing knowledge of Tinubu of which by his personal reckoning makes him the most effective present to Nigeria from God.
For this overarching purpose, Nigerians shouldn’t count on any let up within the repertoire of financial insurance policies president Tinubu is presently doling out. There may be merely no various both to Tinubu or the insurance policies he’s embarking on. Nigerians ought to certainly be grateful to the president for making an attempt to drag the financial chestnuts out of the fireplace and bear the pains this comes with as mandatory sacrifice for higher instances forward.
However what about president Tinubu himself? Is he exempt from the sacrifice that he’s asking Nigerians to bear? Is he not anticipated to be selfless, empathetic and displaying good instance by strolling the speak? Can he not lower his pointless expenditure and additional budgetary spending on frivolities? Can he not additionally ask a few of his aides to cease splurging scarce funds on luxuries and dwelling like drunken sailors?
Sadly president Tinubu doesn’t and has not seen the necessity to try this. His admonition for to Nigerians to bear the pains delivered in unmistakeably contemptuous tones is nauseating to say the least. And this has alienated and set Nigerians towards him. One would by no means have thought a character like Iba Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland Gani Adams would write a most scathing letter to the president as he did final week.
Considerably the Aare’s letter was not only a tomahawk of a put right down to the President on the state of the nation underneath his watch it quantities to telling the president that there’s a vote of no confidence on him from his southwest natal origin.
Realistically as it’s, pushed by a ‘’Me, Myself and I’’ disposition President Tinubu might have gone past redemption and to count on him to keep away from the manifest future that awaits him is a forlorn hope.
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