Bowing to public opinion in virtually all cases translates to bowing to what is right.Like the all too popular saying goes ‘Vox populi Vox dei’ (the voice of the people is the voice of God).

Nigerians had grown sick and tired of watching other Presidents not only give regular updates to the press since the coronavirus scourge started but also make themselves available for questions each time they did.

They expected Buhari to lead from the front by reassuring them personally that his administration was doing everything humanly possible to contain the spread of the virus on our soil if at all he was not going to tell them how he planned to utilize the N1trn intervention fund the Central Bank was handing him.

Even his rubber stamp Senate was calling on him to speak up.

Buhari was quiet and his fellow country men didn’t look like they would stop banging on his door.

Then finally on Sunday 22nd March, his aide on new media, Bashir Ahmad posted a 23 second video of Buhari telling Nigerians he was working together with the Ministry of Health to tackle the spread of the virus.

He had bowed to the voice of the people but to be quite frank, Buhari couldn’t have displayed a more blatant disregard for not only the Nigerian people but the gravity of the situation his inaction and improvidence has landed them in.

Is Bashir Ahmad’s twitter page now the official medium to address 200 million nigerians?.Since when did we matter so little?.

If Buhari was refusing to talk,there were ways of disguising his reluctance like a written statement for example instead of being recorded speaking for 23 seconds with no clear beginning indicating whom he was referring to and no definite end to a video that stopped while he was still talking.

For a man that has failed his people and is the singular reason why we are in this mess, Buhari needs to be remorseful and show us some respect.

Nigerians run to places like China,Italy and the US to treat ailments our hospitals can’t handle.The mere fact that these places were struggling to deal with this disease is the reason why a responsive government would have restricted entry from the coronavirus hot spots after the very first case.We simply can’t afford to have an epidemic here.

If you lock down a nigerian city for a week,there are people the government would have to start making plans to feed because they might have to attack and steal from those with enough food.

READ MORE: https://thebelltimesng.com/2020/03/24/coronavirus-buhari-needs-to-be-more-respectful/

Any word dem hear other foreign nations use,na e dem go use..e.g lockdown..when originally they were suppose to use the word "imprisonment"..cos nations on lockdown have 24hrs power supply,mobile health personel,food delivery to poor and jobless citizens,check ups,passing of informations and addressing of nation by the president...but,for naija.as u enter ur house,u are on ur own..if hunger no kill u,heat go kill u.

IN NIGERIA IT'S VOX BUHARI VOX POPULI.