Every election season, politicians promise “shared sacrifice” and ask citizens to tighten their belts. But how often do we see those same leaders giving up their own luxuries?
While ordinary people struggle with rising food prices, unemployment, and poor healthcare, political elites enjoy private jets, foreign medical trips, and billion-naira convoys. The gap between public suffering and political enjoyment has never been wider.
Is it hypocrisy, or simply the way power has always worked? Why should the average person be told to endure hardship for the nation while those at the top live untouched by the realities they create?
This raises a bold question: Are politicians genuinely representing the people, or only representing themselves?
Final Thought
Until leaders begin to live by the same standards they demand from citizens, the trust gap between the government and the governed will only grow.
👉 What’s your opinion—are leaders blind to the people’s struggles, or are citizens simply allowing themselves to be deceived every election cycle?
