By simon KOLAWOLE
“…The president can, in fairness, argue that the en board was he needed to do these surgical operations to save it. I think many people will not counter that.
My misgiving, which I have expressed again and again, is the way and manner the reform has been implemented as if Nigerians are not human beings.
My anger is the obvious disconnect between the government and the people on the message of sacrifice.
There is yet no evidence that this government is living the message of sacrifice. When you look at the budgetary priorities and the lifestyles of public officers, you can only conclude that Nigerians are being taken for granted.
There is one message I want our politicians, from top to bottom, to take away from the protest: that “Nigerian lives matter.”
Our politicians seem to have learnt nothing from the End SARS mayhem which exposed their greed and endangered their safety.
When ordinary Nigerians cannot afford garri but their leaders can rinse their mouths with champagne and be uttering gibberish to add insult to the injury, then you know they do not care about the anger of the people. They need to change their ways.
I insist Nigerians are not a difficult people to please. All the leaders need to do is show that they care — in word and in action. If this protest can achieve that, I would count it as a huge success.
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