Let Muhammadu Buhari hear this

It’s almost a year to the day Nigerians trooped out to vote, under the sun and in the rain to send out what we regarded as an incompetent and underperforming government. On that day we opted for change.
Personally, my greatest joy was the fact that Nigerians sent a clear message to its political leaders that if you don’t perform, the people would vote you out.
The change plane took off to a very wonderful start until it hit a strong wind and since then, it has not been a smooth flight. The famed body language has gone with the wind. Now the honeymoon is over and reality has set in and we ask, what is really happening to Nigeria?
I honestly have no answer, we all know change cannot be sudden, it is a gradual process and it can only be achieved with a lot of patience and perseverance. But when the people waiting are left to wait for too long, they begin to wonder.
In the words of Charles Kettering, the world hates change but yet it is the only thing that has brought growth. I believe the government is trying its best for at least we no longer watch in horror how people are accused of stealing billions and yet walk freely.
The incessant fuel scarcity that has been rocking the nation is reallysad, we are one of the biggest crude oil producers in the world and yet vehicles queue up for fuel to buy at rates higher than the official price.
A long term solution should be found to end this menace once and for all. An already weak economy needs its entire people to be on deck working day and night to lift the country and not to queue up at stations.

Baba, I have to tell you these things so you remember that the common man on whose endless chants of “sai baba” you rode to victory is still waiting for the El dorado you promised;

Sir, if you can take care of power alone and solve the problems that have bedeviled that sector since independence, you would forever reign in my heart.
The recent national blackouts and increase in electricity tariff amounts to tightening the noose around our already bent necks.

The cost of doing business in Nigeria is too high and this is not helping small and even big businesses. The cost of providing diesel and fuel to run our generators is almost driving us out of business.
Baba this cannot continue. This amongst otherthings is the problems facing our businesses but just solve power first.

It is known that Fulani herdsmen have gone on the rampage, killing and maiming people and leaving destruction in their wake, these herdsmen and their excesses have gone on for too long. The killings must stop. If herdsmen destroy our crops in the name of feeding their cattle how are we going to eat?
The Agatu massacre is another example of the sheer brutality of these herdsmen. Their blatant disregard for law and order and lack of respect for human lives can no longer be tolerated.

Baba, your reaction to these killings leaves much to bedesired; more can be done by your office to stop these barbaric acts. Baba you have to find these harbingers of death and deal with them before they finish us.
Woodrow Wilson once said, “If you want to make enemies, try to change something”, I am not surprised that different saboteurs have arisen both in and out of government to frustrate change, the budget padding, pipeline vandalism et al are perfect examples.
The redeployment of civil servants found culpable in the budget padding fiasco was too soft a punishment, almost like a slap in the wrist.

You must show the world that we are a nation in a hurry; the lethargy of the past one year has to stop.

A lot of unpatriotic citizens are waiting for you to fail. It is rather sad that some Nigerians can pray that the government fails just to score cheap points.
Baba, you have been jetting round the globe visiting Europe, the Middleand countries in Africa. We understand your visit to the Middle East was to pray and also talk with fellow OPECmembers on how to find solutions to the low oil prices.
But then you have to concentrate on the holy grail of all past governments which is a true diversification of the Nigerian economy. We must accept the realities of the current situation.

To the APC, when you jump for joy beware that no one pulls the ground from beneath your feet. Nigerians are very impatient people and you cannot blame them for we have suffered long enough.
We are getting tired of waiting.

Adekanle Laide Damola is a Lawyer and writes from Akure