Nigerians are upset because their government consistently misleads them and believes it can make compelling tales. Professor of Political Science and member of the Centre for Democracy and Development’s (CDD) governing board Jibrin Ibrahim, a former director of the organisation, claims that Nigerians are growing more irate at what he perceives to be lying on the part of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
In an interview with Politics Today on Channels TV, former CDD Director Ibrahim asserted that the reason Nigerian governance is crumbling is because the administration is not keeping its word. He underlined the severe effects of inflation, asserting that it is pushing a large number of Nigerians towards starvation.
Jibrin Ibrahim said “When they removed the fuel subsidy, they said in weeks we will have CNG buses and the price of transportation will crash. They said this 13 months ago. Nigerians have not seen those buses. It is called waiting for Godot in literature. When you are told continuously that you will see them and you wait for weeks, months and a year and nothing is coming. You know that what you are told is just a narrative not based on reality.”
He Added, “That is why Nigerians are very upset. They are very angry. They are being deceived regularly and systematically by a government that feels that it can tell stories and we survive. We refuse to do what we need to do but we survive because we tell stories that will cover up. And Nigerians said no you can’t tell stories.”
“Nigerians are starving because of the economic situation in the country, but the government wants them to starve in silence.”
