Picture this: Femi Otedola posts a video of himself riding a bicycle happily in Singapore with the caption, “Happiness is free”. There’s nothing wrong with this, right? Yes, he’s a billionaire in dollars, but he’s a private citizen.
He should be allowed to ride around on a bicycle. Plus, he is even there on business; seeing the boom of his friend, Aliko Dangote‘s refinery business, he also wants to dip his hand into the refinery business by forging a partnership with a private refining company in Singapore to build a sustainable fuel refinery in Delta State, Nigeria.
However, if you look under the video of him riding his bicycle, you would see many people asking, If Lee Kuan Yew had governed Singapore like Nigerian leaders govern their country, would Otedola be able to enjoy such a relaxing vacation?
Why did such an innocent ride lead to so many conversations?
The picture of a billionaire enjoying a vacation is particularly daunting when you consider the fact that Nigerians are suffering in the heat with no electricity, the highest currency denomination cannot buy one litre of petroleum, insecurity and banditry is rampant, food is expensive, and jobs are paying less than a liveable wage. 
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It almost seems that the picture of him enjoying his life is a sort of mockery of the average Nigerian.
Even though he is not a government official, he is quite cordial with the presidency and the people in power. Additionally, his father was a former governor of Lagos State. But since when are billionaires activists? If anything, they solely care about amassing more wealth. He cannot be the one we expect to change the country.
The people we should hold accountable are the people we vote for.
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