Anecdotal evidence suggests that, if anything, standards have plummeted. The consequence is that the Middle Classes and the rich folks no longer rely on the government to provide for their needs. In reality in some instances, the situation is far worse.
The Letters to the Editor’s Columns are replete with copious articles deploring the abysmal or non-existent service that they are receiving from one or more of the state departments or parastatals.
Like most people, I have become inured to the host of horror stories and skip such articles as they are now so commonplace. Alternatively we have ourselves have been subjected to appalling service and stopped caring or complaining. Like most people when a situation is immutable, they just want to get on with our lives. That is the centuries-old societal coping mechanism.