Osinbajo and the Whipping Horse

PMB and GEJ

It is no longer news that vice-president Yemi Osinbajo has alleged that the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan “essentially shared” N150 billion two weeks to the 2015 polls. He said while the current administration with less revenue, has increased capital funding by 400 percent in power, works and housing, defence, transportation, agricultural sectors, the Jonathan administration with surplus funds, spent N14 billion on agriculture in 2014, N15 billion on transportation, and a total of N153 billion on infrastructure in three years.

Before now, such information would have generated huge public outcry. Twitter and Facebook would have been awashed with articles and counter articles calling for the head of the former president. But Nigerians are now wiser. It is non longer easy to deceive Nigerians with cheap statements

When Buhari was first sworn in , bragging about what Jonathan ’ s administration had done wrong was the most priced and bestselling share on the stock market , and the APC — still basking in the euphoria of unexpected victory — made huge dividends out of it . Almost three years after he was sworn in , the folks who rhapsodized about Buhari ’ s anti -corruption agenda have found that he was no different from his predecessor. He is just as clueless , and corruption — Nigeria ’ s Frankenstein monster — has once again swallowed another one of its creators . Post - 2015 Nigeria is still in the doldrums of ineptitude , nepotism , tribalism , and uncontained violence .

President Buhari and his APC Government have failed Nigerians.

People are tired of accusations; they are tiring and demoralizing. What we want to see is what the government under his watch has done about such embezzlements . How many of these supposedly corrupt people have been tried and how many are on their way to jail now? Infact, if Mr. Jonathan is himself culpable, why has the EFCC not invited him or even prosecuted him? If nothing of the sort has been done, then what is the point of informing us who stole what? Mr. Osinbajo is only confirming that this administration is weak , and the government is more or less a paper tiger . Mentioning Jonathan’ s name alone used to be a potent means of whipping Nigerians into frenzied outrage about “ corruption , ” but people seem to be fatigued about the unending talk of what is wrong ; they want transparency , reforms , and action. They are bored with people like Osinbajo constantly revving the engine of a vehicle that has no wheels.