Can this government be trusted?

It seems the ruling party was desperate for power without any concrete economic agenda but only exciting promises. They got power and was at a loss as to what to do with it.

They now embrace policies for which they vilified and condemned the past administration. 

While tough choices have to made at times for future benefits, knowing that the leaders are trustworthy and actually understand what they are doing will help the people to accommodate and adjust to these changes.

Now fuel is sold for N145 per litre. My question is what plan has this government put in place to cushion the effect of the steep increase especially in the light of the suffering Nigerians are already going through?

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria

It is certain that massive fraud was committed under the past administration. While the scale of fraud committed is astonishing, condemnable and shameful; at times, one cannot but think that the present administration is exaggerating the scale and making a show out of it to earn political capital. This is because of the over-concentration on this matter to the obvious neglect of other serious national issues. 

The first few months were spent chasing looters - real and imaginary - while Nigerians were suffering and the economy nose-diving. Tainted ministers and politicians with expired integrity

belonging to the ruling party became instant anti-corruption crusaders and gave lectures, at every opportunity, on mind boggling corruption perpetrated under the previous administration. Almost everything going wrong was blamed on the previous administration. Meanwhile, there was a resurgence of Boko Haram attacks, the worst fuel scarcity in national history occurred, the nation got to almost zero-megawatt of electricity generation, and Fulani herdsmen went on a killing spree.

There is no doubting the fact that tackling corruption is fundamental to our economic development and national health. But, that alone without clear, well-thought out policies and blueprint for economic development and empowerment of the people will not lift the nation out of the wilderness or benefit the suffering masses. 

It seems the ruling party was desperate for power without any concrete economic agenda but only exciting promises. They got power and was at a loss as to what to do with it. It appears they have been merely oscillating at a point. We had to wait for months before an unimpressive cabinet was constituted. We had to watch when lopsided appointments into key agencies and parastatals were made. National discontent had to mount to peak levels before meaningful responses from the government in many instances for example, the case of the Fulani merchants of death. The government modified or out rightly reneged on many campaign promises. We had to stomach many PR blunders from Mr. President on international turfs. Then we learnt that Mr President told Saudi leaders that we were not part of the Islamic coalition against terror because of our secular status and "re-learnt" few hours later that Mr. President said we have joined the coalition. We had to watch the drama of padding and "unpadding" the budget. They now embrace policies for which they vilified and condemned the past administration. 

Now fuel is sold for N145 per litre. My question is what plan has this government put in place to cushion the effect of the steep increase especially in the light of the suffering Nigerians are already going through? Electricity tariff has been increased, taxes are to be increased, prices of services, food and other products have gone up. The president should not allow himself to be tagged the leader whose tenure is synonymous with hardship. The government should not feign ignorance. Nigerians are suffering. While tough choices have to made at times for future benefits, knowing that the leaders understand what they are doing and can be trusted will help the people to accommodate and adjust to these changes.

Many Nigerians have continued to trust. Well, I am hoping and praying too but...