A member from the Grassroots Watch, Mr. Adeola Soetan has stated that the public sector has not met the expectations of Nigerians.
Mr. Adeola Soetan gave his views on Channels Television’s breakfast show Sunrise Daily, saying ”you don’t expect performance when you don’t have good leadership with qualitative character’’.
Mr. Adeola pointed out that the public sector once performed well in Nigeria, during the old western region under the leadership of Chief Obafemi Awolowo when the resources of the region was used properly to achieve a common goal; free education, for example.
But now, he added, the public sector has been handled by politicians and their representatives, ”where we believe everything should be stolen”.
He made a distinction between the struggling elites and the ruling elites, describing the struggling elites as the ordinary people who steal gold and are taken to jail for 3 years while a another man steals trillions of naira and is given bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
