Nigeria, June 30 -- There is every reason to believe that the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu does not care a hoot about what Nigerians feel or do not feel. The people seem to be saddled with a government that jeers and jibes at them. Not even national emergencies such as the concert of blood that is being enacted across the country on a daily basis bothers the government.

Consider, for instance, the genocidal gambit that took place in Benue State the other week. President Tinubu was not perturbed by it . He passed it off as a normal occurrence. It took the jibes from one or two opposition elements for the president to realize that he needed to visit Benue state and see things for himself. Even after his attention was called to...