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 REJOINDER TO FELIX MORKA’S POLITICAL FANTASY: NIGERIANS ARE NOT F00LS! By: balazamora@yahoo.com The recent press release by Felix Morka , the Publicity Secretary of the APC , is a desperate attempt to mask the glaring failures of the Tinubu administration with empty rhetoric, selective data, and laughable sycophancy. In his poorly crafted political sermon, Morka tried to cast Mallam Nasir El-Rufai as an “inconsolable sulker,” simply because the former governor had the courage to speak a hard and uncomfortable truth—that this administration is running Nigeria into the ground with a smile on its face. Let’s be clear: Morka’s long-winded outburst is nothing but a diversion from the real issues affecting Nigerians—poverty, inflation, insecurity, joblessness, and a near-total collapse of public trust in leadership. If anything, it reveals how disconnected the APC propaganda machine has become from the actual pains and frustrations of everyday Nigerians. A GOVERNMENT BUILT ON SLOGANS...

  Nigerians are in pain. Hunger walks freely in the land. Inflation is out of control. Insecurity is a daily nightmare. Public infrastructure is crumbling, and millions now live on the edge of survival. With such unrelenting economic hardship, people are asking tough questions: Where is all the money going? Why has life become this unbearable, especially after the removal of fuel subsidy that was meant to save Nigeria billions? A timely and thought-provoking discussion recently aired on Channels TV’s Politics Today, hosted by Seun Okinbaloye, featuring Alwan Hassan, a chieftain of the ruling APC. The topic, “Nigeria Under Tinubu’s Watch,” couldn’t be more apt. The conversation explored the dire state of the economy and the deepening frustration of Nigerians. One critical question emerged from that discourse: Why are State Governors not being held accountable despite receiving massive monthly allocations post-subsidy removal? That question hit a nerve, and rightly so. Since the remo...