What serves as a stark reminder of the seemingly irredeemable
character of the President Muhammadu Buhari government is its blithe
appropriation of its failings as the hallmarks of its triumph. Lost in this self-assigned halo of
infallibility, it denies itself the capacity for introspection and thus holds
no promise of self-correction.
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| *Air Marshal Alex Badeh |
Hence, while it is clear to the majority of
Nigerians that the government has failed in the three major areas – economy,
corruption and security – in which it wants the citizens to measure its
performance, it is still afflicted by the delusion of having recorded indelible
strides in those spheres. The alarming rise of the unemployment rate from 17.6 million to 20.9 million as
has just been released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is obviously
disdained by the government.
