Critics of Jonathan’s Administration Facing `Real Hardship` Under Buhari – Ekweremadu

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has said critics of the Gooduck Jonathan administration are silently suffering in the hands of President Muhammadu Buhari`s government.

Ekweremadu, at the 30th Priesthood Ordination anniversary of Rev. Evans Ibeagha in Enugu, said critics of Jonathan’s subsidy removal have suddenly become mute even though they are facing real hardship under the current administration.

The Deputy Senate President, who was represented by Hon. Alex Ogbonnia, Chairman of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Enugu State Chapter, made the statement while delivering his lecture entitled “Social Contract Between Political Leaders and Citizens: The Imperatives of Participatory Democracy for Nation Building,” at the occasion.

“It is sad that many critics who led street protests against policies of the last administration, such as the attempt to remove fuel subsidy with elaborate palliative, made a volta face when fuel subsidy was totally removed by the current administration without any iota of palliatives for Nigerians.

“Those who criticised the last administration over what they termed hardship in the land and high exchange rate of about N198 to USD1 have suddenly gone mute when the real hardship is staring the nation in the face, while exchange rate has more than doubled.

“But, if we are consistent in holding government accountable on behalf of the people, then no government will feel so comfortable that it will take the people for granted or run in exclusion of their ideas, feelings, and inputs,” said Ekweremadu.