Was the lifestyle audit call merely playing to the public gallery?

It wouldn’t be far-fetched to say that  the President, while playing to the public gallery, ordered the lifestyle audit on senior civil service workers. That it was done impulsively rather than after serious consideration is manifest in the possible hurdles it could run into.

As a matter of fact, nothing besides this realisation has informed the hesitation we now see. The exercise was to be undertaken within one month. That month window has now elapsed, yet nothing tangible has been undertaken. In a country where litigation is part of the daily routine, those targeted must go back to work to continue fleecing the country in a way they have perfected over the years.