We are still not over Bayo Onanuga’s statements, where he described the hardship Nigerians are currently facing as mere propaganda, specifically touted to make President Buhari’s government look bad.

Curious as to why he would think that? Chris Ngwodo hazards an answer.

Here’s what he had to say:

 

Bayo Onanuga's comments show how out of touch Naija governing elites are from their own society. The gap between govt&citizens is so wide

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

GEJ once cited the number of private jet owners in Naija to argue that the economy was doing fine. Onanuga's comment was equally bizarre.

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

Elites don't realize that the majority of Nigerians are poor& that it's not just about inflation but also about reduced spending power

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

Do we really know how our maiguards,househelps, drivers,messengers,attendants etc live? Many of them don't even earn the meager minimum wage

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

All Govt officials need a mandatory induction program that takes them on an exhaustive tour of slums, ghettoes&rural areas b4 taking office

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

Are the poor so invisible that govt believes their plight to be a media creation?Abuja is an upper mid class bubble surrounded by ghettoes

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

In the past 3 yrs the number of vagrants&beggars in even "posh" parts of Abuja has risen.Gwagwa, Karimu, Nyanya etc are more densely crowded

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

Onanuga's theory shows why govt thinks it can abolish poverty by eradicating the poor via dubious urban renewal schemes&gentrification

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

We're demolishing shacks,banning street hawkers, commercial motorcyclists&rickshaws,making more people homeless in thename of urban renewal

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

We don't want to see the poor.They remind us of the legions failed by the state&they mess up the scenery.So govt tries to to erase them

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

Bad policies&official insensitivity is increasing the level of social discontent, crime, conflict& social unrest while Onanuga&co unlook.

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

Both our slum-dwellers&the privileged cowering in fear of rising crime behind high walls&electric fences are living in subhuman conditions

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

Wealth in a mostly poor,unequal realm with no social security can't guarantee adecent quality of life.It only subsidizes escape from reality

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

If a govt appointment is all it takes to detach a former activist from his compatriots then we need to rethink what public service means

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

If a govt appointment is all it takes to detach a former activist from his compatriots then we need to rethink what public service means

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

The hard times are real.People are under severe pressure.Govt has to communicate with more intelligence if despair is not erupt into unrest

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

Abuja is a kleptocratic bubble encircled by seething ghettoes.Onanuga&co should take note.The "Barbarians"are already inside the city gates

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 7, 2016

"Journalism isn't meant2make the environment cosy 4leaders of nations;it's meant to prod them2act in the interest of the larger society…"

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 9, 2016

"…its meant to cause them sleepless nights." Bayo Onanuga said this in 1992. He was an anti-establishment journalist then…a firebrand.

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 9, 2016

Now head of a govt news agency,he blames bloggers4creating the https://t.co/zePSQbaPcf far he has come!From guerilla journo to govt spin dr!

— Resistance is Futile (@chrisngwodo) September 9, 2016