I would have wanted subsidy on petroleum products removed more than ten years ago ie long before Yar'Adua and Jonathan came into office. The cumulative benefit would have been there for all to see. Even with corruption, those who steal our money would have had far less to steal from, as opposed to the Subsidy Open Bazaar.
To hinge one's support for the application of any measure that is in the overall interest of the economy on the personality in power is most silly to say the least. Reuben Abati recently gave the public a clue as to how the unprincipled opposition politicians agreed with Jonathan to do the right thing, only to turn around and abandonned him midstream. That was most despicable. Hence I would consign Pastor Bakare to the dungheap of history for that confession. Thank God that such an unprincipled individual is a little removed from power at Aso Rock.
The fight against corruption during the Babangida, Obasanjo, Yar'Adua, Jonathan or indeed Buhari administrations should never have been based on any preconditions. Bakare and his co-travellers simply missed the point. Now that their preferred ruler is in power, and they have acquiesced to the much much belated removal of fuel subsidy, I wonder how they view the ongoing battle against corruption. Are we making any progress on that front? As someone who voted for Buhari, (which I now regret like most others), I find it impossible to imagine that politically speaking I am in the same camp as Pastor Bakare. God forbid!
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