A nation is civilised not because of its aesthetic, its beautiful architecture. Rather, a nation is civilised because of how it treats its citizens, because of the duration and quality of life of its citizens. That’s why social security or safety net for the poor is a badge of the heathy society. However, Nigeria creates billionaires but eviscerates the middle classes and makes everyone else poorer without meaningful state support.
Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s current president, is following in the footsteps of his predecessors: making the super-rich richer, emasculating the middle classes and deepening the poverty of the poor. His removal of the fuel subsidy, without mitigating its impact on the poor, has had that effect. Now, hiking the electricity tariffs will have the same effect.
My interest here is not the details of the subsidy removals, but the fact that successive Nigerian presidents have violated the Constitution. Nigeria, constitutionally, is a welfare state, but successive presidents have ignored that. Recently, someone wrote a column saying Nigeria did not need a new constitution because the current Constitution includes a bill of rights and a charter of freedoms, such as the right to life and economic self-determination. I laughed.
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