As I have suspected for a while, the
unsolicited trekking I undertook from Yaba to
Ojota to protest the 2012 subsidy removal is
now just an intensive workout session.

President Buhari and his team of economic
wanksters have taken a leaf from Jonathan
and his team of economic wanksters. Worse,
the new economists in town have outdone
Jonathan’s ambitions of N141/l; they have
pushed the price up to N145/l—in spite of
Fashola’s touted logic on falling crude oil
prices.

What does Nigeria really do for anyone? The
government owns and controls all land,
waterways and natural resources. Yet,
Nigerians still pay taxes, charges, tolls, tariffs,
rates, fees, duties and even bribes just to get
standard services. Free education is a
packaged myth. Low-cost housing is non-
existent. Subsidised agricultural products—
you joke. Welfare? Universal healthcare?
Nada. The only shambolic thing this country
has attempted to give all citizens freely is the
fake-ass subsidy on petroleum. And now,
even that has to go.

Remember Occupy Nigeria
Unfortunately, the partisan foolishness that
rented part of our brains during the 2015
elections has now decided to buy the entire
space. In the midst of this depressing news,
some APC fools and some PDP fools have
decided to exchange follies and turn the fate
of Nigerians into a popularity contest between
Jonathan and Buhari. A plague on both your
houses!

Do not let these “my-intelligence-is-for-sale-to-
politicians” activists deceive you with rhetoric:
Occupy Nigeria was not about the character
of Jonathan. For Bleep’s sake, Jonathan hardly
had any character in late 2011. He came into
power in 2010 and spent the first year
pussyfooting as a nice guy.
Do not let these irrational mathematicians
deceive you with figures and claims of “no
money”: Occupy Nigeria was not about
numbers.

One day, the poor will eat the economists
But what about the maths? Maths can be
written and re-written. The government issues oil blocs, licenses oil mines, controls the borders, controls foreign exchange, and licenses marketers. Yet, it
insists, somehow, that Nigerians must pay for
government incompetence and political
patronage. If the government can’t lower the
maths or fix the scams, then it should bear
the brunt. Why should Nigerians suffer
because the government is inefficient as a
subsidy policeman? It is that simple.

But Nigerian politicians are all selfish. Buhari
will rather maintain a presidential fleet than
reduce the Budget. Some say there is no
available foreign exchange–there is never
available foreign exchange for Nigerians. Yet,
politicians are still mooching on our resources.
From the President to the most junior
legislator, these politicians are fed, clothed,
bathed, transported, secured, and may even
get buried at the expense of the Nigerian
state. Where does the money come
from? Damn, even the Obama family pays for
their own meals in the White House. When we
are done selling all the stupid cars piling up in
Abuja then—and only then—can the
president look Nigerians in the eye and say:
“Folks, it’s your turn to pay up. Otherwise,
why should Nigerians pay for the crimes of
the looters when the moochers are having a
field day?”

Everything in Nigeria is going to kill you
What’s the way forward? Well, we will take
our punishment lying down. Anyone looking
for a protest to launch their political career
should find another topic. As for me, I will
simply try to insulate myself against policies
like this. My sympathies to all the Nigerians
who have little or no control over their
economic fates. They are going to have a very
bad year. But, at least, we can still curse.

And so:
-Here’s to you, my dear President Buhari:
shame on you for your unwillingness to cut
down official waste and your willingness to
add to the economic burdens of Nigerians.
-Here’s to APC and their collection of fools:
shame on you for taking our side when you
had no power and for suddenly seeing
the other side now that you have power.
– Here’s to PDP and their collection of fools:
shame on you for being PDP, and for being so
bad that Buhari started to look good to
Nigerians.

And if any of you above-listed assholes pops
into my comments to defend why ordinary
Nigerians—and not the government—should
suffer this 2016, may the 401 gods of Ife
confer eternal suffering on you and your
descendants.

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Mr. Cool