Some of us don’t know how messed up we are, under Tinubu’s led administration and APC. Just follow this story carefully and tell me what you think
Yesterday, the bike man that carried me from the park to my house was an elderly man. He charged me 1200 for the journey. After much bargaining, we settled for 1k. As we were about to start the journey, he drove into a petrol station and bought fuel of 1k. The 1k gave him 0.75 litre as the price was pegged at 1330 per litre.
While on the journey, I asked him how long was the 1k fuel going to last him. He said it will last him to go to my location and come back to the park. If he was lucky to see a passenger coming from my end to the park, he counts it as his gain. But if he does see anyone, he counts it as his loss as he will drive empty back to the park.
All these things weren’t like this before he lamented. Before, 1k used to give us 5 litres of fuel plus and it serves us through the day and even serve for a short while the next day. But today, 1k can’t give us 1 litre of fuel.
That was when it occurred to me that the “back then” this man was talking about was just less than 3 years ago before Tinubu took over. On the morning of his swearing in, a litre of fuel was 197 naira.
Less than 3 years, it’s now sold for 1330k per litre. How much do you make in a day I asked. Sometimes, 3k and some days less. That’s if your bike doesn’t develop a fault for that day that will drain your little gain for that day.
Then again, I remembered Tinubu told us fuel subsidy has to go for us to enjoy a stable society. Surprisingly, Tinubu turned out to borrow more compared to past leaders that paid subsidy. A layman will be forced to ask what exactly we have achieved since the removal of fuel subsidy?
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There is so much hunger in this country that lots of families hardly cook with meat. People feed from hand to mouth. Forget all these social media hyping. Lots of our parents will live their lives without building a one room apartment despite being government workers.
Cement seems to be the hot cake. Insecurity is now an old gist. People no longer freak out when they hear about attacks. Electricity became worst, tuition fees are on the rise. House rents is a no go area.
The bike man told me something that struck my heart. He said thank God he has finished training his children, that people he pities the most are we who are still starting life. Now left with just him and his wife who is a petty trader. I have been thinking about such submission since then.
Now, that brings me to my question. Aside tribalism, hatred for another tribe, religion, poverty and illiteracy, tell me one problem Tinubu has solved, just one achievement of his and how he has improved the lives of the commoners as an educated, wealthy and influential person that you are who have been campaigning for his return.
Okey Aliyu
