The "change" euphoria has come and gone. Now the
dysphoria of what a hyper-inflated economy and a seemingly snail-paced
government could do to our collective psychology has kicked into full drive.
Now majority of us have started losing faith entirely in the
Buhari led government. Why not? Arresting and re-arresting of corrupt or
non-corrupt politicians has not made tomatoes not look like a luxury in these
times.
Quick fact: you wanna know how angry a Nigerian is? Visit
him. Demand for Rice and take just two spoons after messing up the food.
However that is just for the majority and what's a majority
without a minority with a different view? Bloodshed. That's all what we want to
avoid, as there are in these times a minority of Buharists, (yes that's a valid
term, no italics) who will indelibly still tell you with a straight face that
this is a government that "means well" or is actually doing fine.
Well, we know in all honesty how inclined you punching him or her (because I'm all
for gender parity) would feel. But we don't want that. So we give you a heads
up on the reasons they'll give you beforehand. You know, just to reduce the
emotional shock you'd have, and maybe conjure up counter-propositions you'd use
to squash their points. Yeah? No we will just enumerate here. No counter
arguments. Why? We can't do everything for you.
1. Good things never come easy: They'll tell you to analyse
the American history. They never had it easy. They'll tell you that before gold
becomes lustrous it passes through fire and all sorts of taskmaster
ideologies.
Ps: you just googled taskmaster? And you want to win the
argument? Really ?
2. They will tell you Buhari's an honest man; Yes. This
paradigm worked during the elections and really why should they deviate from a
winning formula. They will tell you how stoic a person he is. But for a
counter-pose you could tell them the current fuel price is quite honestly
reducing your generator running hours.
Hint: don't try to bring out any incriminating corrupt thing
about the president at this point. They'll expect it and label it
"propaganda" with a yellow tape. (yes! The yellow tape was used
figuratively)
3. The country has been running on corruption : Now
this is the point you'd be most tempted to, you know, scream sensitive words
and haul punches. Don't. Except bail is actually free in your area. They'll
tell you that the basis on which the country has been running was a foundation
of corruption and was due to crumble. It just inadvertently chose PMB's tenure.
You need to build a strong counter-argument for this. Except you're arguing on
twitter. Then you could just trailer-jam the individual.
4. Over four years everything will pan out: Now only
the smartest of the Buharists can make this claim. The light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel
claim. At this point most will tell you about how he built most of Nigeria's
refineries in 1985 and how he wasn't given time to consolidate the Utopian
Nigeria he had in mind to build. At this point you tend to imagine how much the
person buys a bag of rice. Or if he/she buys stuff from the same market as you.
This is the normal reaction. Yes. Punching people doesn't solve anything.
Except maybe you're a Nigerian senator.
5. Finally they tell you how GEJ and the PDP are the
cause of practically everything wrong: Think of anything wrong with you as
a person. No restrictions. Ok! Think of how you can blame it on one of PDP or
GEJ's actions. You can? Well you wouldn't suck if you switch sides. The
continuous narrative of blaming the previous administration is one that worked
wonders and just like a twisted Oliver twist, they do it more and more with
different shades and spades.
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