{"id":78630,"date":"2025-11-13T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=78630"},"modified":"2025-11-13T09:00:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:00:54","slug":"senator-dino-melaye-sounds-alarm-over-nigerias-state-sparks-public-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/11\/13\/senator-dino-melaye-sounds-alarm-over-nigerias-state-sparks-public-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Dino Melaye Sounds Alarm Over Nigeria\u2019s State, Sparks Public Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senator Dino Melaye, in a post on his official Facebook page, expressed grave concern over what he described as unprecedented crises facing Nigeria since 1999.<\/p>\n<p>The former lawmaker listed ten critical issues, including rumors of a coup, threats of foreign intervention from the United States, widespread hunger, the devaluation of the naira, an inactive National Assembly, ministerial misconduct, questionable pardons of criminals, unpopular tax laws, unconstitutional declarations of states of emergency, and arbitrary amendments of existing laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnough is enough. In an unjust society, silence is a crime,\u201d Melaye wrote, warning that the nation\u2019s current trajectory is alarming.<\/p>\n<p>The post generated a variety of reactions from Nigerians. Oladapo Feyisitan criticized Melaye, arguing that if the country were truly in the dire state he described, it would be reflected in the lives of public officials like him.<\/p>\n<p>Feyisitan accused Melaye of enjoying the benefits of his former senatorial position despite Nigeria\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Omoba Folabi Adewale Shadare acknowledged Melaye\u2019s perspective but suggested it does not necessarily reflect the views of all Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>He contended that the nation is undergoing changes that challenge the old norms and the interests of previous political actors.<\/p>\n<p>Another user, Ehinmosan Olutola, raised questions about the specific laws Melaye referenced, seeking clarification on his claims of unconstitutional actions and arbitrary amendments.<\/p>\n<p>Melaye\u2019s post has reignited discussions on governance, accountability, and the state of democracy in Nigeria, with social media users divided over his critique of the government and its handling of national affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye\u00a0 Senator Dino Melaye, in a post on his official Facebook page, expressed grave concern over what he described as unprecedented crises facing Nigeria since 1999. The former lawmaker listed ten critical issues, including rumors of a coup, threats of foreign intervention from the United States, widespread hunger, the devaluation of the naira, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":78631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172,186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-78630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78632,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78630\/revisions\/78632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}