There are times I wonder if Mr. President is not tired of
the many insults piled on him by Nigerians. He keeps coming up with sentences
from out of nowhere.
He has made news again with his most recent declaration that
the Occupy Nigeria protest in January was sponsored by some unnamed class of
people. Who are these ‘unnamed’ people that the PRESIDENT is scared of
mentioning? How can he say the protest was not a true reflection of the
position of the masses but those behind them when the average Nigerian felt the
pinch of the hike in the price of fuel?
He was quoted also as saying ‘The demonstration in Lagos,
people were given bottled water that people in my village don’t have access to.
People were given expensive food that the ordinary people in Lagos cannot eat.
So even going to eat free alone attracts people. They go and hire the best
musicians to come and play and the best comedian to come and entertain. Is that
demonstration?’…
Reading that statement, I am forced to concur with someone
who commented on one of the radio stations in Lagos this morning. He said that
Goodluck Jonathan ought to be ashamed that the people he governs/leads can be
lured or bribed with bottled water and food. It goes a long way to tell people
in other countries the sort of country he governs. One where people are so poor,
that they can’t afford good water and ‘expensive’ food.
I didn’t participate in the protest but I felt every single
pain that drove the protesters to the streets. Price of food items
sky-rocketed, with the absence of constant electricity, running the generator
set was costing an arm and a leg; the bus drivers had a field day with the
doubled transport fares.
And the President said the demonstration was not the true
position of the masses?
He needs to sleep for a few days because a lot of issues are obstructing his speech from coming out appropriately (No insult
intended) or better still, have his speech read through again and again and edited.
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