Activist and social commentator, Mahdi Shehu, has said that democracy in Nigeria has brought more pain than relief to many citizens, stating that from 1999 to date, democracy only means “nothing but a killer Pill, a source of pain and death.
He accused politicians of greed, deception, and deep
insensitivity to human suffering.
In a post shared on X on Sunday, Shehu said many Nigerian
politicians have failed the people they were elected to serve, adding that they
have broken every aspect of the social contract with citizens.
According to him, while a few politicians may mean well
despite making mistakes, the majority are wicked, selfish, greedy, and
treacherous, and act without conscience.
“They cause pain, trauma, and melancholy to millions daily.
They breach every aspect of the social contract with the electorate and other
citizens.
Shehu accused politicians of draining the country through
open theft, misappropriation, wasteful spending, and extortion, while ordinary
Nigerians struggle with hunger, starvation, and untreated diseases.
“They display open and extravagant life styles on the face
of increasing hunger, starvatio,n and malnutrition, avoidable but left untreated
diseases. They watch their constituents die from hypertension, Diabetes and mental health diseases.
“Their myopically conceived and implemented economic
policies have destroyed millions of small and medium businesses. Sent millions
out of their means of livelihood, pushed millions into unemployment circles,
destroyed families, communities, and societies,” he said
He said many politicians pretend to be righteous leaders but
are inwardly cruel, noting that they portray the face of Moses but conceal the
heart of Pharaoh.
Shehu added that for many Nigerians, democracy since 1999
has become a killer pill.
“Indeed, for many Nigerians, Democracy from 1999 to date
means nothing but a killer Pill, a source of pain and death, a road and root to
poverty. Indeed, democracy in Nigeria has been the best example of man’s
inhumanity to man, day without night, winter that is not cold, summer that is
not warm, rainy season without rainfall,” he said.
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