Nigeria, July 6 -- When a government loses the trust of its people, it loses the moral compass to lead. The latest figures from the Africa Polling Institute (API) are not just alarming; they are a loud cry from a weary nation gasping under the weight of broken promises, worsening poverty, and a leadership that seems dangerously disconnected from reality. With 83% of Nigerians declaring they have little or no trust in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration, the writing is not just on the wall-it is painted boldly in red across every corner of the country.

It is often said that trust is earned in drops and lost in buckets. But in the case of the Tinubu government, it seems that trust was squandered like confetti at a political carniv...