Still in the Doldrum by Salaam Rasak O.

Whether the present harsh socioeconomic condition, insecurity, wanton poverty and burgeoning unemployment were occasioned by President Muhammad Buhari or aggravated by his lacklustre policies, the most salient  resounding point is that we are still in the doldrum. 

It is all the more sickening that the much-touted 'change' and over-hyped Buhari could not deliver, rather than below expectation.  Undoubtedly, every maximum irreducible Nigerian will score him below pass mark. While it could be categorically stated that a number of these woes predate Buhari, our hopes became more watered-down as the supposed solution darkens the dark with policies of vicious circle of indirection. As at present, his reign is tantamount to gross disappointment. 

After a series of blamed game and buck passing, we hold him responsible for the unsatisfactory state of the nation. Little wonder, many of his ardent supporters have either admonished or made irreversible public apologies to members of the public for misleading voters in 2015 general election. The Ex-president and statesman, Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo recently hit the polity hard in his famous article, The Way Out: A Clarion Call for Coalition for Nigeria Movement,  that:
 
“The lice of poor performance in government – poverty, insecurity, poor economic management, nepotism, gross dereliction of duty, condonation of misdeed – if not outright encouragement of it, lack of progress and hope for the future, lack of national cohesion and poor management of internal political dynamics and widening inequality – are very much with us today,” 
In similar vein, revered Thisday columnist and owner of the Magazine, Dele Momodu, spit in his recent open letter to Buhari that, "you’ve chosen to saddle yourself with hungry lions and deadwoods that you’ve resurrected from penury and oblivion. Leadership should be about managing people and resources."
 
The foregoing captures the views of irreducible voters in the 2015 general election who might come to the conclusion that they mis-voted. This may also be a misgiving anyways. The pertinent question to be raised is, was there viable alternative in place? Or should we have continued with an administration internationally notorious for corruption? We have voted not wrongly, just that the system was wrong. Enough said about the bad situation, but won't this vicious circle continues against the reality of no alternative? More than any other in history, we need to rigorously look inward for we are still in the doldrum. 

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The pertinent question to be raised is, was there viable alternative in place? Or should we have continued with an administration internationally notorious for  corruption? We have voted not wrongly, just that the system was wrong. Enough said about the bad situation, but won't this vicious circle continues against the reality of no alternative? More than any other in history, we need to rigorously look inward for we are still in the doldrum.