Let Acting President Yemi Osinbajo be    

No matter the semantics, let us agree that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has moved up again. Let us assist him to perform his new duties creditably as we agreed he did the other time.
The discourse on his new status in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari is good. Yes, it deepens our unique type of homegrown democracy.  It once again brings out the best in us.
Let it stop at that. It should not be carried to a ridiculous level. It should not divide us further. Some people, somewhere, want us to dissipate the remaining energy in us on the minors. While we ignorantly leave the majors unattended to.
By that they would have achieved their devilish goal. We must not allow them that luxury, they must not have their evil way. It has never done us any good. And it will not this time around.
We all agree these times are hard and harsh. There are very serious issues staring at us, making our faces horrible and ugly. We earnestly pray we do not go blind, that is, if we are wise enough to shun all these deliberately planted frivolities.
They are playing pranks on us. They want to scare us to death. For example, they just told us we are broke. Do you believe them? Doubts, confusion, apprehension et al have taken over. We do not know who and what to believe.
It was such scary news. We were frightened to the marrow. They have thrown a huge spanner in our works.
Daily Sun reports: “Amid claims that Nigeria was on its way out of the crippling recession, the Federal Government, yesterday (Monday, May 8, 2017), declared it was broke and presently unable to pay the huge salary arrears owed its employees.
“The revelation came at a meeting of leadership of the Senate (National Assembly) with the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, and her Labour and Productivity counterpart, Chris Ngige, to find ways of addressing the issue of huge salary arrears owed federal workers.”
At that meeting, the ministers pointedly told Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) president, Ayuba Wabba, that government “has no money to pay arrears for now.”
Honestly, this does not make sense to us. Neither does it make any meaningful meaning. Simply put, it does not add up. There is no synergy with what we were told less than two weeks ago: That we were fast getting out of recession, even though they refused to explain how.
There is no meeting point. They are running at parallel lines. They are poles apart. It is Contradictions Plc! That is the appropriate label, the name, nothing else. We are amazed and amused at the same time.
What are they taking us for, a rude ride? Our leaders do not talk straight anymore. They beat about the bush and eventually toss us around. We are turned into their chessboard, at their whims and caprices.
How does the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele’s claim fit in here? He beat his chest some weeks ago that this deadly and dreadful recession would soon pass us by. We knew we were not being told the whole truth. That was why we refused to jump for joy. We did not even clap for him. With what we experience daily, we were not sure if he was not making a political statement. We are convinced we are in a far better position to know whether things have improved in the market or not.
Reason? The CBN governor only deals with figures inside his cozy office. But we are faced with the actuals, the practicals on the streets, in markets, etc. That is the stark reality. He obviously buys in bulk, in large quantity. Conversely, we buy in small pieces, in tiny bits.
Our experience cannot be the same. He probably patronises big and dedicated supermarkets once in a blue moon. That is not the case with us. We struggle to make daily purchases. The difference is glaringly clear. We couldn’t have been on the same page.
Now, as the so-called laymen and women, we genuinely ask: What happens to the N5.244 trillion we were supposed to have raked in from the operation of Treasury Single Account (TSA)?
What happens to supposedly seized loots from burial grounds, kitchens, bathrooms, cabinets, etc, in various known and unknown currencies and denominations? How much are we actually talking about here? Where are all these monies? Why are they being warehoused if at all they exist?
They are not meant for exhibition. We are not going to hold a trade fair for the recovered loots. They are meant to drive the economy out of recession. We cannot be talking about these monies without making good use of them.
Well, do not blame us if we doubt them. They asked for it. We have to give it to them in full measures, pressed down, shaken together. They gave us adequate and large space for these doubts and questions. With all these jackpots in trillions, no nation no matter how unserious, would go broke, not even Nigeria.
They should spare us this fallacy. These lies should be told to the marines. We suspect some people are recklessly attempting to fly a kite. It will not fly because it is an awful one. They do not wish us well.  And they are in a legion. But they are dead on arrival with whatever may be their evil intentions.
We insist, we are not broke and we cannot be broke. This Project Nigeria won’t go bankrupt. It must not be allowed to go under. It would be unthinkable, in fact, laughable.
Do you now see why we should let Osinbajo be? He needs our support and encouragement. And it is all for our ultimate good.
Forget whatever toga his boss strived to dress him. We know who you are: Acting President, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Nobody dares change that, at least for now.  Not even the change mantra!