A VILLA OR A GILDED CAGE?
We were discussing the Afaka girls abduction in my house. Someone asked "Is Buhari aware of all this?" Another responded "He is at the villa". My 11 year old daughter raised her head from her book and asked "Mummy is the villa a prison for Presidents"?
We were surprised & laughed at her random expression but it did make me ponder that in her innocent mind she had come to understand that Mr President has no power to control or stop the abductions because he is locked up somewhere in a prison of sorts.
It is actually true that the villa keeps leaders away from national reality. The Nigerian villa has become a gilded cage where leaders do not know the actual failures in the system because of a cabal that ferociously guard their own position not the leader or national interest.
That is why Mr President is unaware when monies meant for arms purchase, poverty alleviation palliatives & much more end up being siphoned/diverted. In the gilded cage he believes all he is doing is reaching the target destination. Successes are exaggerated & failures hidden.
To play the age long political game sponsors & collaborators of criminals are allowed to remain in the same system they sabotage while the citizens are paying the price of this ambigious strategy that only seems to be flaring the flames of insecurity.
Mr President needs to be told that we are grateful for the milestones this government is achieving but life is becoming increasingly hard for the average Nigerian. People cannot farm anymore nor send their children to school due to rising insecurity.
The price of commodities are daily increasing, even the lousy minimum wage is yet to be implemented by many states. Diversification is going on but surviving as an entrepreneur is becoming more challenging. The leadership needs to engage Nigerians to understand their experiences.
Nigerian leaders need to step into the shoes of the citizens & find immediate solutions to the glaring frustration or the fire that will consume this country shall not spare any one including the keyholders of the gilded cage.
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