I have been following closely the activities of this gov't and whenever I have the opportunity, I try to find out the opinions of people as regards the performance of this government.

I just realized that the hardship faced by many Nigerians is simply as a result of the fact that almost everyone of us benefited from the cycle of corruption.

The bricklayer, plumber, labourers, tiler are all complaining because building construction has slowed down massively cause the thieves no longer have money to spend on real estate.

The car dealers are grumbling because their cars are begging for buyers. Thieves can no longer spend wastefully.

The private school owners are shouting because parents can no longer pay outrageous sums and are withdrawing their wards.

I was shocked when I learn that in a popular private University in Abuja, parents are writing undertaking at the account section for their children to be allowed to write exams... and it goes on and on.

The fact is, a lot of people are returning to what someone referred to as ''default mode''.

We mostly have been living above our REAL MEANS.

We have been staying in houses that ordinarily our incomes can't afford.

Our children going to schools we can't afford. Driving cars we ordinarily can't maintain.

We have been living a FAKE LIFE all along. Now the reality is before us and we don't want to accept it.

This shows how morally bankrupt we are.

"You can't eat your Cake and have it." Or should I say "you can't have u cake and eat it" as some of my linguists told me.

Take Note..."GOD HELP AND BLESS NIGERIA"

You got billions from bank without collateral using your political influence. You put half into your business and spent the other half on exotic cars, jewellery etc.

Your business employs 100 people normally. You get illegal waiver and concessions to import raw materials at rock bottom prices, you get over-inflated contract to supply gov't some goods your company produce....in short your company is kept afloat by corruption.

Now the new SHERIFF in town says:
no more ridiculous waivers,
no more inflated contracts, no more bank loans without collateral, in fact its time you or your company pay off the billions of debt owed.....

AMCON takes over your company, staff are laid off......And you go on air and say the new sheriff is killing business and causing unemployment..

The truth is....you and your company were never in business, you were only feeding off the system.

Too many companies and banks are funded by corruption. Remove corruption from the system and they collapse.......and we end up blaming the person that removes corruption for the collapse of the corruptly run fake company.

Its like our system and corruption are so interwoven and inseparable that removing one will kill the other.

Maybe we should tolerate and learn to live with corruption so that Nigeria can survive?

WE MUST ALL SUPPORT THE ANTI-CURRUPTION WAR BY THE NEW SHRIFF IN TOWN!!!

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Unfortunately, I agree with most of the points raised.

We all have benefited from the cycle of corruption, lived above our means, acquired wealth our salty scale couldn't explain, paying for two years rent in advance which is not done anywhere else.

Like you said, it's back to default mode.
Maybe, just maybe there is a silver lining in all these.

Hello babies
How are you?

If everybody benefited from the corruption according to the op and was doing fine and good. Why should anybody for whatever change a winning team to a losing team because he detest the pattern of play.

Economic boom we enjoyed in the last administration is not synonymous with corruption rather it was a combination of fair pay package, single digit inflation and prompt payment of salaries and any attempt at rewriting the history of massive transition from poor status to middle-class should be firmly resisted by Nigerian youths.