Honestly, It's getting increasingly difficult to stay calm amidst policy somersaults, gaffes and blunders this present regime daily load us with. The level of it's unpreparedness is being made manifest by the way the economy is being handled, it appears after all that the party in power was never ready to govern. Given the massive goodwill the party and it's principal garnered, one expect words/promises to be matched with purpose driven action(s) but we see actions without purpose, we see reactionary leadership instead of visionary/''CHANGE'' leadership hitherto sold to us. In lay man's terms, we see a trial by error leadership laced with plenty wobbling and fumbling... One cannot fail to ask, HOW DID WE GET HERE? The Blame Game For starters, Let's blame the last administration for taking ineptitude to ''enviable'' heights forcing majority of the populace to pledge their future to a concoction of strange/questionable bedfellows. Let's also blame this present government for coveting power at all cost without actually having what it takes to rule. Let's conclude the game by blaming ourselves for expecting too much too soon... On Subsidy, Best Decision, Wrong Timing, Wrong Implementation, Wrong Framework... Subsidy on fuel has been a scam in this country from time immemorial, it's a cancerous cell that has eaten deep hence the need to tread with caution while expunging it. It's expected that a responsible government should have strong/robust palliative measures in place to cushion the adverse effect of it's removal but sadly, we are yet to see any from our government. The Way Out, The government needs to-as a matter of urgency- relax the Central Bank's hold on the forex market, we need to shift our economy from it's contractionary outlook to an expansionary one. The economy needs to be stimulated and gradually diversified, state of emergency must be declared on power, security, agriculture and capacity building. Entrepreneurship should be encouraged while small and medium scale enterprise should be given ample environment to operate and thrive,we need to take bold and calculated steps outside Oil... The president needs to be told that while the fight against corruption is good, it's not the only problem facing the nation. A general waging a hydra headed war needs to formulate strategies to fight at all fronts the same time to guarantee victory. The nation needs him to be here and active. And on the fuel saga, the government needs to go back to the drawing board before it's too late. For now, #LetUsPray... Ifedayo Dada.

Buhari's economic policies are indeed ''anachronistic and opaque.'' One cup of rice is now one hundred naira and a bag sixteen thousand. Too bad.