Nigeria deserves better, listening administration – Tunji Offeyi

UK-based Nigerian, Tunji Offeyi has said the impromptu announcement of the removal of subsidy was a move that should have been properly calculated before being undertaken.

Offeyi who is also a politician and recently got elected as one of the regional representatives for Liberal Democrats, West Midlands in the UK said this on Tuesday when he addressed pressing national issues.

“The new administration currently does not enjoy widespread support of Nigerians. In Lagos for instance, it will take years before the ethnocentric divide is healed. This is not being addressed. The new administration has inherited political prisoners who are still in the gulag of the DSS such as Nnamdi Kanu- who despite his excesses deserves a speedy, just, and conclusive trial.

“Many unknown Nigerians detained endlessly are still in detention for speaking out, yet a supposed democratic leader in President Tinubu has not deemed it fit to address all this. For he got it wrong from the start when he declared ‘subsidy is gone’ Just like that!” He said

He said Nigerians in the diaspora are not finding it funny either and that Nigeria needs a well-rounded economic team and a listening administration to re-value the Naira that has gone up to N1000 to a dollar.

“The currency exchange got over the top since the Babangida regime. It has been getting worse ever since. We need a well-rounded economic team and a listening administration to re-value the Naira. Our currency should not be worthless. I mean in a blessed country such as ours.

“The feelings of Nigerians in the diaspora are not different from those back home. Even renewing our passports is a herculean task. Nigerians are being forced to embrace the ‘japa’ syndrome. Sadly, some are sleeping in homes without heating. Using all the little they earn to pay school fees and endless visa renewals, you see. Why would they be happy? No!

“I travel a lot and interact with Nigerians wherever I meet them. The other time I was in Rome I spotted some black prostitutes standing in the bush, as you know out of every 10 black people a minimum of four would be Nigerians. So will Nigerians doing this type of work abroad be happy with their government? Certainly not. The suffering at home and abroad is very similar so that one wonders if it is a crime to be a Nigerian. Do you understand? This is the feeling.”

He further urged Nigeria’s Supreme Court to live up to expectations when it rules on the presidential election case before it

“I expect the Supreme to live up to expectations, moreso Justice Ariwoola recently promised not to let Nigerians down. So it is a case of fingers crossed. On a lighter note, I would hope retired Justice, Mary Odili, would run no side commentary this time around, so as not to be seen as subtly influencing the outcome of court proceedings as many Nigerians believe she did as regards the last judgement.”

​​Speaking on how it is being a politician in the UK and the process that led to his election, Offeyi said, “Firstly I am a member of the Liberal Democrats, one of the major political parties in the UK. I used to be an executive in the Wimbledon branch of the party in London and now moved a step up by becoming elected as one of the six Regional Executives of the party in West Midlands – the region where I currently reside.

“The important is the voting power it confers on Lidems regional policies, scrutinising and commenting on the direction of the party. There are also Committee works involved.” He concluded