THERE is a big error of fact in what President Muhammadu Buhari was quoted to have said after meeting with some of his Ministers who briefed him on the state of the economy after his returned from the UK. After listening to them, the President expressed happiness about the  improved the state of economy. I wonder if it is the same  Nigerian economy  they spoke about because from the shoe wearers’ perspective, the economy of Nigeria has made people mad, creates boredom, makes the previously powerful powerless, the respected to lose respect and the cheerful very angry and deadly. Nigeria’s economy has brought out the beast in many people. In this piece, I employ interpretive analysis of the Abolore Adigun’s (9ce) recently released song titled ‘Economy’ to underscore how popular culture contributes to the present understanding and debate on the true state of the Nigerian economy. Through this, we can appreciate how far Mr. President is from reality.

Most top political leaders of South-west have little or no knowledge in dealing with the North, politically

It would seem that the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has forgotten in a hurry what  it passed through during the party’s 14 months internal crisis, strategically sponsored by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) decimate the PDP.

You left PDP and joined Accord Party during the PDP crisis because you didn’t know they were going to resolve the crisis..

His eminence, Saad Abubaker lll, the sultan of sokoto’s admonition that God does not make mistakes, must have struck strong chords in the hearts of members of both the Islamic and Christian Faiths in Nigeria. The assumption above is underscored by the fact that people of the two major religions believe there is one God. That is a fundamental and critical point of convergence and common ground.