Thread by @Chxta

In the 1963 movie, Cleopatra, there was an interesting dialogue between Mark Anthony and Octavian, the man who would later become Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome about the birth of Julius Caesar's son, Caesarion:

https://twitter.com/sbmintelligence/status/1557630395125944321

Mark Antony: "You were so shut at the mouth just now one would think your words were are precious to you as your gold."

Octavian: "Like my gold, I use them where they are worth most."

This is instructive...

Also instructive is that during his 19 years as chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan did not give any interviews. Having taken over from the inflation-busting Paul Volcker, Greenspan knew that words from his position carried weight and so had to be used sparingly.

This is the basis of my OpEd in @BusinessDayNg today bit.ly/3SSJFwN and the first chart in this thread which was published by @sbmintelligence last week.

Contrary to the disingenuous argument pursued by various defenders of #Nigeria's current regime, private citizens talking and complaining about the nonsense happening in our country on social media does negligible damage.

The real damage is done by the words of those in authority, and it is clear that both President Buhari and CBN Governor Emefiele have damaged #Nigeria perhaps beyond repair, with what can only be classified as maliciously careless talk.