Nigeria, April 23 -- At a small roadside shop outside a Nigerian town, a woman counts change slowly, as though time itself has become more expensive than the goods she is selling. Behind her, a bag of rice sits on a shelf, its price revised again, as if numbers themselves are struggling to keep pace with reality. Nothing about the moment is extraordinary. That is precisely what makes it revealing. There is no public ceremony when policy is made. But there is always a quiet moment when its consequences reach those who must live with it. In that gap between announcement and experience lies one of the most important truths about governance. Policy is what governments say. Implementation is what citizens live. Policy is language. Implementat...