Hunger in the land and Tinubu’s grace

I am over 72 years old. As far as I can recollect, it is almost unknown that such a thing as the hunger and the hardship being experienced by citizens today in Nigeria ever happened. The pains of subsidy removal increase daily. In fact, of course, the army has remained loyal and the people’s endurance stretched to breaking point. I have serious doubts about whether Nigeria can prosper under the present dispensation.

What is beyond doubt is that most of our current political leaders in government are utterly incompetent. Nigeria without doubt is blessed with untapped rich and abundant natural resources. The incompetent political leadership has impoverished a once prosperous country under true federalism. Lack of planning is directly responsible for the current woes.

Subsidy is gone without planning for the fallout. President Bola Tinubu’s grace is not sufficient for Nigerians. The sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s grace and brains would have been sufficient for us had we known. But alas! We are yet to find another whose feet fits his golden shoes. Now, Nigerians are reeling from the pangs of hunger.

John R. Jimoh, Mowe, Ogun State