Update on Buhari’s Change government- Reno

I am regularly emailed by my readers and social media followers and asked to give them updates on Nigeria’s situation since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed the saddle and sometimes I wonder if they still think I am a Presidential spokesman. My tenure ended on May 29, 2015 when my boss, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, handed over the largest economy in Africa with a foreign reserve of $29.6 Billion and a strong currency that stood at ₦199 (official) and ₦225 (parallel) to one dollar to President Muhammadu Buhari.

(‘Reno, you will put me in trouble with President Muhammadu Buhari with that your article about our separate Independence Day speeches’ former Anambra Governor, Peter Obi to me on the article ‘A Tale of Two Speeches’ after we met in New York.)

At that time, women had not even heard of the concept of the “other room” and Supreme Court Justices did not receive nocturnal visits from ministers complaining that ‘oga is not happy’.

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This was an era when rice cost ₦8,000 per bag and when a man living on the minimum wage of ₦18,000 did not have to borrow ₦8,000 to add to his salary so that he could buy a bag of rice for ₦26,000. And then change happened. The funniest thing about this change is that those who promised it have recently been embarrassed to give an update of their change so I can see why my readers look to me to give them an update of the promised change. Okay, since you asked for it, here you go. Change Update What Went Up Under Muhammadu Buhari

* Food

* Rent

* Fees

* Electricity

* Fuel

* Forex

What Stayed Same Under President Buhari

* Minimum Wage

Those Who Left Under President Buhari

* 10 Foreign Airlines

* 20 Foreign Shipping Firms

* Multiple Foreign Companies

Those Who Sacked Staff Under President Buhari

* EVERY Nigerian Bank

* Dangote Group

* MTN, Glo and Airtel

* All Oil Firms

* All Construction Companies

Those Who Shut Down Under President Buhari

* Aero Contractors

* First Nation

* Clover

 * 270 other firms according to the NLC President Buhari’s Response

* Blame Goodluck Jonathan

* Borrow $29.9 Billion

* Replace Okonji Iweala with Kemi Adeosun

* Replace Akinkumi Adesina with Audu Ogbeh

* Shift The Onus of Change From Government to Nigerians Through

#ChangeBeginsWithMe