The change we all wanted

   I should probably start off with a proper introduction of myself. I am a very average Nigerian, one of the "plentious" masses..... And i was an avid supporter of the 'PMB' group. So much so, that my house became a venue for political debates. As my mum still remembered the tyranny and dictatorship of 'PMB' during his military regime. I was quick to point out that this was/is a democratic government and there would be no room for dictatorship. In my most delusional moments, i may have said Nigeria needed an iron fist at the reins for a change. Don't look at me like that, i said may have said, ahah! Oh, and the mantra, 'Change'! My anthem became, "We need change, Nigerians are tired! We need change!" yes, o, it was that serious! The elections happened, and change it was!
     And the first thing baba did after being elected was to decree that a certain media house was banned from ever coming to any outing, press conferences or briefings with him in attendance. I was shocked! Baba, the media is the fourth estate of the realm, the body to check mate the three arms of government. Ha, ogao!
      Fast forward to six months later, Nigeria was still without ministers, and while we clamoured, we are told they wanted to give us the best. Okay, is it not a few months, let us kukuma wait. We waited. And when the ministerial list was released, our chins hit the floor, (no, not in admiration, in repulsive, angry shock). Apart from some of the very interesting names on the list, there were some other pressing issues. Why the merging of ministries? They mumbled a response. Okay, then why the appointment of ministers without portfolios? Another mumble. Hmhm, we don't want them, scratch out their names, Oga say for wia?! But when we (the plentious masses) said, hmhm, we don't want the #5000 note, the previous government listened o. But i guess, Its changed.
    And of course, the most recent decree. The total removal of fuel subsidy. That in itself, i have no problem with. My issue is, 'GEJ' removed the same fuel subsidy and the price per litre was #141. Why would 'change' now remove the same fuel subsidy and its now #145 per litre? And the same people who protested so much in 2012 that we thought they were really concerned about the masses are so quiet now. Yes, you know them. Adams Oshiomole and Wole Soyinka. Ehen, na! They carried placards and joined in the protests then, and now they are cheer leaders of change. While i understand that Adams' actions are politically motivated, i can't even pretend to begin to attempt to try to get an inkling behind Soyinka's behaviour. Lets not talk about the ear infection that no Nigerian hospital or doctor could treat, and how much ridicule it brought the country under. Hmhm, (shakes head so hard, you will be afraid it would fall off), i won't talk about it.
    All these ones na the one wey pain me i dey talk so o. If start to talk step by step, we no go comot hia o. Hmmmhm.
  So, in the words of Vincent Nzemeke, PMB, you are not the messiah as i don't really know if the change we wanted was to have a president who doesn't listen to the masses, or a change for a better Nigeria. Which do you think we got?