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IT PAINS THAT CORRUPTION HAS DECIMATED NIGERIA TO THIS LOW LEVEL. I TRUST GOD, THAT THE PAST AND CURRENT EVIL CORRUPT LEADERS AND THEIR LACKEYS WHO MISRULE THE COUNTRY FOR DECADES ARE ALL UNDER DISTRESSFUL CONDITIONS IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. KARMA IS TAKING ITS REVENGE IN DIMENSIONS THAT CAN NOT BE CURED WITH MONEY. THE SUPREMACY OF GOD SPEAKS THROUGH NEMESIS|!

THE WORST KIDNAPPERS AND BANDITS ARE THE PAST AND PRESENT CORRUPT LEADERS WHO IRONICALLY ARE CONDEMNING VIOLENCE! THE OFFSHOOTS OF THEIR CORRUPTION ARE THE ANTISOCIAL MANIFESTATIONS THAT PERVADE THE COUNTRY. THE EARLIER THEY ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE, THE BETTER FOR NIGERIA.

“When giving orders to the service chiefs this time around, we should make it clear to them that they are not only to eliminate the terrorists but also their sponsors, no matter how influential they may be. “This is not the time for joking. This is not the time for drama. This is not the time for semantics. This is not the time to begin to argue, is it suicide or kidnapping or whatever name they call it? And this is not the time to say, ‘Ah, it’s not Christians alone, Muslims are also involved.’ The point is, people are dying. Innocent people are dying.”

EVERY LIFE MATTERS, WHETHER THAT OF CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, OR ATHEISTS! THANK YOU, PASTOR ADEBOYE, FOR ADDING YOUR VOICE TO THE GROUP OF THOSE WHO SEEK EQUITY, JUSTICE, PEACE, AND GOOD GOVERNANCE. TERRORISTS MUST BE CRUSHED, AND THE APPROACH MUST BE HOLISTICALLY MULTIDIMENSIONAL. AS THE HEAT IS PRESSURED ON THE TERRORISTS AND THEIR SPONSORS, CERTAIN STEPS, AMONG MANY, NEED TO BE TAKEN FOR SUSTAINABLE PEACE:
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STUDY THE GENESIS OF TERRORISM IN NIGERIA, WHICH IS CORRUPTION! CORRUPTION THROUGH FAVOURITISM WILL PROVIDE COVER FOR CRIMINAL GROUPS, AND THOUGH STEALING OF THE COMMONWEALTH SENTENCES THE VULNERABLE PEOPLE TO POVERTY, LACK, AND ILLITERACY, THAT EASES THE RECRUITMENT OF SOME OF THE VICTIMS.
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EXPLORE THE GRIEVANCES OF THE TERROR GROUPS TO REFINE AND STREAMLINE THE REMEDIAL MEASURES.
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DECLARE TOTAL WAR ON CORRUPTION. THE PAST AND CURRENT CORRUPT LEADERS MUST BE PROSECUTED WITH HEAVY DETERRING SANCTIONS IF FOUND CULPABLE. IF SOME OF THE PAST CORRUPT LEADERS ARE DEAD, THEIR WEALTH IS NOT DEAD. THEREFORE, THEY MUST BE TRIED AND THE STOLEN WEALTH RECOVERED!
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THE CONSTITUTION MUST BE COMPREHENSIVELY OVERHAULED TO CREATE A LEVEL PLAYING PLATFORM FOR THE CITIZENS TO COMPETE IN FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND. RESENTMENT IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH LOSERS WHERE PROCEDURAL JUSTICE IS EEN TO BE DONE DURING THE COMPETITION.
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GOVERNANCE SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM LOITERING AROUND OFFICES FOR INFORMATION AND FAVOUR. INFORMATION ON HOW TO ACCESS THE GOVERNMENT'S GOODS AND SERVICES MUST BE EASILY AND FREELY ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITE TO BRIDGE THE GAPS THAT ENACT CORRUPTION.
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THE PRESIDENT MUST BE READY TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE. IF NOT, THE GOOD GOVERNANCE WILL CONTINUE TO ELLUDE NIGERIANS.

ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PROFITING FROM THE VICES IN NIGERIA ARE BARKING, AND BARING THEIR FANGS ON THEIR IMAGINARY ENEMY FAR AWAY IN ANOTHER CONTINENT. IT IS LIKE AN AGGRESSOR MIMICKING THE GENUINE CRIES OF THE VICTIM. THOUGH I PREFER IDENTIFYING MYSELF AS A NIGERIAN, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE, I WILL SAY IAM A NORTHERNER AND AN ELDER.

THE QUESTION THAT FOLLOWS IS THIS: WHERE WERE THE SO-CALLED NORTHERN ELDERS FORUM MEMBERS ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE NORTHERN INTERESTS? WHO GAVE THEM THE SOCIAL LICENSE TO OPERATE ON OUR BEHALF? THE CULTURAL, ETHNIC, AND REGIONAL ASSOCIATIONS ALL OVER NIGERIA HAVE BECOME BREEDING GROUNDS FOR DIVISIVE AGITATIONS, AND IT IS HIGH TIME THEY WERE ALL BANNED!

THEY ARE THRIVING BECAUSE THE SUCCESSIVE REGIMES IN NIGERIA HAVE BEEN DWELLING IN GOVERNANCE FAILURE. CAN TINUBU CHANGE THE NARRATIVES? TIME WILL TELL! FOR SURE, GOD WILL RECONSTRUCT NIGERIA ON HIS OWN TERMS, USING ANY PREVAILING CIRCUMSTANCES AS TOOLS FOR THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW NIGERIA. I HAVE NEVER LOST HOPE IN THIS VISION! NIGERIA WILL BE FREE FROM INTERNAL SLAVE MASTERS, WHERE THE POOR CAN EQUALLY EXERCISE AND ENFORCE THE SAME RIGHTS AS THE RICH. ONLY GOD WILL DO IT AND HE WILL IN NO DISTANT TIME, AMEN!

THIS MAN IS.A.DISGRACE TO THE YORUBA RACE, A STAIN ON THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND STENCH TO HUMANITY! HE LOVES NOBODY BUT TRIBALISM. HE WILL RATHER CHOOSE TRIBE INSTEAD OF GOD.

THOSE WHO INSIST THERE IS A GENOCIDE DO NOT HATE PRESIDENT TINUBU, THE FULANIS, OR ISLAM. RATHER THEY SINCERELY WANT TINUBU TO SUCCEED AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE AMONG ALL TRIBES AND RELIGIONS. HATE OR ILLWILL FOR ANY REASON IS AN EVIL ITSELF!

I WILL NEVER SUBSCRIBE TO DEMONIZATION OF ANY TRIBE OR RELIGION, BUT THE TRUTH MUST BE LOUDLY ECHOED TO OVERCOME THE SOUND BARRIERS OF FALSE NARRATIVES CONCOCTED BY AGENTS OF DISCORD AND THEIR DEFENDERS.

MUHAMMED IDRIS SEEMS TO BE AMONG THE FEW SENSIBLE PEOPLE AROUND THE PRESIDENT, UNLIKE THE OTHER BOOT LICKERS WHO DEFEND THE IMPOSSIBLE, AND SPIN NARRATIVES WITH THE HOPE TO CONVINCE THE PEOPLE. THOUGH I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE OF THE MINISTER, I SINCERELY HOPE THAT HIS RESPONSE REFLECTS THE POSITION OF THE PRESIDENT. IF IT DOES, WE HOPE IT IS NOT THE USUAL RHETORICS TO DOUSE TENSION AND THEN CONTINUE THE DARK JOURNEY INTO THE ABYSS!

I WISH THE WESTERN POWERS WOULD HELP TO DISCLOSE THE NAMES OF ALL SPONSORS OF TERROR IN NIGERIA, TARGET THEIR BANKING AND EXISTENTIAL INTERESTS, AND IMPOSE SANCTIONS ON THEM. A BLOW TO A SPONSOR IS THE SALVATION OF THOUSANDS OF RAG-TAG POOR SOULS ENSLAVED WITHIN THE FORESTS!

THE SPONSORS OF TERROR, AND NOT THE WRETCHED BOYS IN THE BUSH, ARE THE REAL TERRORISTS. OF COURSE, THE GRAND TERRORISTS ARE THE CORRUPT POLITICIANS WHO IMPOVERISH THE CITIZENS WITH THEIR PEN ROBBERY! MAY THE GOOD LORD CLEANSE THE ROTTEN SLATE IN HIS OWN WAY AND METHOD!

NIGERIA HAS DESCENDED SO LOW INTO THE HORRIBLE PIT OF DESPAIR BECAUSE OF THE COMBINED ACTIONS OF THESE UNPATRIOTIC GROUPS IN NIGERIA THROUGH SUCCESSIVE REGIMES:

- THE CORRUPT POLITICIANS WHO ARE DEMONS PUTTING ON HUMAN FLESH.
- THOSE OUTSIDE THE CORRIDOR OF POWER WHO CAMPAIGNED FOR AND STILL SUPPORT THE SO-CALLED LEADERS DESPITE THEIR AWARENESS THAT THEIR CANDIDATES AND IDOLS ARE NOT LEADERSHIP MATERIAL.
- THE BUSINESSMEN WHO PROP UP THE SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS PATRONAGES.
- THE SYCHOPHANTS OF ANYONE IN GOVERNMENT FOR SELFISH GAINS.
- THE SECTARIAN REGIONAL BODIES POPULATED BY DISCREDITED PEOPLE WITH STINKING PAST RECORDS, PROMOTING DIVISIVE TENDENCIES FOR PECUNIARY INTERESTS.
- THE SPIRITUALISTS, FALSE PROPHETS, PASTORS, MALLAMS, BISHOPS, SHEIKHS, TRADITIONALISTS, AND SHRINE WORSHIPPERS WHO ENGAGE SPIRITUAL POWERS IN FAVOUR OF THESE EVIL LEADERS.
- THE ARCH TRABALISTS IN ROYAL PALACES.

ARE YOU AMONG THESE GROUPS? YOU NEED REPENTANCE TO REDUCE THE DIVINE CURSE YOU HAVE BROUGHT UPON YOURSELF AND YOUR LINEAGE. YOU CAN'T EXONERATE YOURSELF FROM THE CONSEQUENCIES OF THE CRY OF NIGERIANS GROANING IN EXCRUCIATING PAINS CAUSED BY YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE ENTRENCHMENT OF THE EVIL SYSTEM! MAY THE GOOD LORD HAVE MERCY!!

SOME OF THESE SO-CALLED ROYAL KINGS ARE OVERDUE TO BE CAGED IN PRISONS. MOST OF THEM HAVE NO ENVIABLE PAST, BUT CUPBOARDS FULL OF DECAYING BONES OF CORRUPTION. THEIR MORALITY IS SUB-ZERO, AND CONSCIENCE IS BLACKENED WITH GREED AND SELF-CENTEREDNESS.

THESE UNROYALS CALLED ROYALS, TOGETHER WITH THEIR LIKES HABOURING IN THE SECTIONAL BODIES WHOSE MAIN AGENDA IS TO CHAMPION REGIONAL, ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS AGENDA AND NOT NATIONAL INTERESTS, IN CONCERT WITH THE DISCREDITED CORRUPT POLITICIANS, ARE THE ACTIVE ACTIVATORS OF THE GENESIS OF NIGERIA'S PROBLEMS.

WE NEED LEADERS WHO ARE OBJECTIVE, HONEST, EQUITABLE, AND FAIR TO ALL SECTIONS OF THE SOCIETY. I PRAY FOR DIVINE WISDOM UPON PRESIDENT TINUBU TO RE-CREATE, AND NOT TO AMEND, THE GOVERNANCE INFRASTRUCTURE OF NIGERIA THROUGH LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE.

ENOUGH OF GOVERNANCE HYPOCRISY THAT HAS EVER REMAINED THE LEADERSHIP COMPASS IN NIGERIA. ALL THE VICES RAMPAGING NIGERIA ARE PROOFS OF GOVERNANCE FAILURE!

''As for the differences as to whether terrorists in Nigeria target only Christians or in fact all faiths and no faiths, the differences if they exist would be discussed and resolved by the two leaders when they meet in the coming days, either in State House or White House.''

DANIEL'S THEATRICS IS LARGELY SPECULATIVE, WHICH HAS NOT SHOWN ANY CONCRETE ARRANGEMENT TO ACHIEVE HIS DREAM. DANIEL'S PROPOSED MEETING WITH TUNUBU 'IN THE COMING DAYS', NOT WEEKS, AND YET HE IS NOT ABLE TO CATEGORICALLY STATE THE MEETING VENUE, SHOWS HOW UNCHARITABLE A GOVERNMENT IMAGE MAKER CAN BE IN TRIVIALIZING A SERIOUS MATTER AS THIS ONE. HIS ALLUSION THAT THE STATE HOUSE COULD BE THE OPTIONAL MEETING PLACE IS AN EVASIVE ILLUSION CARRIED TOO FAR. IT UNVEILS THE TRUE INTENTION FOR THE WRITE-UP, WHICH IS TO DIFFUSE HOME FRONT TENSION DIPLOMATICALLY, EVEN THOUGH WITH UNFOUNDED MATERIAL CLAIMS.

JUDGING FROM FEMI'S NUMEROUS POSTS OVER THE YEARS, BRANDING THE FULANI AS TERRORISTS (I AM AGAINST STEROTYPING ANY TRIBE OR RELIGION), HIS PRESENT DETOUR CALLING THEM BROTHERS COULD BE A CLEAR DEPICTION OF SOMEONE UNSTABLE AND UNBALANCED UPSTAIRS! THIS FELLOW IS NEITHER A FRIEND OF THE FULANIS NOR THE GOVERNMENT, BUT HIS STOMACH AND BANK ACCOUNTS!

MY POSITION IS CLEAR - THE NORTHERN CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN DISTRESSED FOR TOO LONG WITHOUT ANY REDEMPTIVE SUCCOR FROM THE SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS IN NIGERIA. HOWEVER, I DARE HOLD THE OPINION THAT WE CAN NOT TAG A WHOLE TRIBE OR A RELIGION AS A TERRORIST CONCLAVE FOR THE ACTION OF A FEW BLACKSHEEP WITHIN THE FOLD, IF NOT WE SHALL BE PLAYING INTO THE TRAPS SET BY THEIR FINANCIERS, WHOSE METHODOLOGY IS TO WIDEN THE SCOPE OF THEIR DEFENCE.

THEREFORE, WISDOM DICTATES THAT TO COUNTER THEIR DEFENSIVE STRATEGY, OUR CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE AGAINST THE TERRORISTS WITHOUT COMMITTING THE GRAVE MISTAKE OF MENTIONING ANY TRIBE OR RELIGION! AFTER ALL, ALL TRIBES AND RELIGIONS HARBOUR BAD EGGS WITHIN THEIR FOLDS. FINALLY, GOOD GOVERNANCE DEVOID OF CORRUPTION AND THE SUPREMACY OF THE RULE OF LAW THROUGH LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE IS SINE QUO NON FOR PEACE AND PROSPERTY IN ANY SOCIETY. WHEN SHALL THE NIGERIAN LEADERS BEGIN TO REASON THIS WAY?

FEMI SHOULD BE IGNORED! INSTEAD OF INSULTING HIM, PITY HIM! HE REALLY NEEDS HELP AND EMPATHY. OBASANJO HAS ALREADY DONE JUSTICE TO FEMI WITH HIS DESCRIPTION OF FEMI. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE KIND OF CHARACTER DEFICIENT PEOPLE DOTTING THE POLITICAL SPACE IN NIGERIA. NO WONDER THAT THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN IN UTTER DARKNESS, BUT WITH GOD'S INTERVENTION, LIGHT WILL RETURN TO NIGERIA.

IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT THE NORTHERN CHRISTIANS ARE UNDER THE SIEGE OF TERRORISTS, AND THE SUCCESSIVE REGIMES IN NIGERIA HAVE BEEN LARGELY COMPLACENT IN DEALING DECISIVELY WITH THE SITUATION. HOW RIGHT IS IT FOR FEMI TO IGNORE THE ISSUE AT STAKE TO SPEW INSULTS ON TRUMP, WHO DEMANDS JUSTICE AND EQUITY? FEMI SHOULD ADOPT ANOTHER STRATEGY TO PLEASE HIS MATERS TO SECURE A FEDERAL APPOINTMENT THAT HE DESPERATELY NEEDS.

IT SEEMS THE OPPOSITION ARE ALWAYS LAGGING IN CRITICAL THINKING, STRATEGY, AND PROACTIVITY. THE 2027 ELECTION IS ALREADY WON BY THE INCUMBENT IN ADVANCE UNLESS GOD INTERVENES OTHERWISE.

IN THE LAST YEARS, THE OPPOSITION HAS BEEN SNORING IN SLUMBER INSTEAD OF DRIVING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO PREVENT THE PRESIDENT FROM MAKING UNILATERAL CRITICAL APPOINTMENTS THAT CAN EASILY INFLUENCE THE ELECTION OUTCOMES. WHERE WAS THE OPPOSITION WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS BUSY APPOINTING THE INEC CHAIRMAN, INEC COMMISSIONERS, IGP, SERVICE CHIEFS, AND HEADS OF THE SECURITY AGENCIES?

ELECTION IS A PROCESS OF A CHAIN OF ACTIONS, MOST OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN AND SEALED. THE LAST SEGMENT OF THE PROCESS, WHICH INVOLVES VOTING, COUNTING, AND ANNOUNCING, IS A MINOR PART OF THE WHOLE PROCESS WHICH CAN BE INFLUENCED BY THE COMPLETED SEGMENT. THE OPPOSITION IS IGNORANT OF THIS LOGIC. THAT EXPLAIN THEIR CRIES AT EVERY FOUR-YEAR INTERVAL.

THE NIGERIAN OPPOSITION OBVIOUSLY LACK A THINK-TANK, AND SEEMS TO BE A HAVEN OF CONFUSED AND CHAOTIC PEOPLE SINGING SONGS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES! I DOUBT IF THEY DEVOTE QUALITY TIME TO THINK AND STRATEGISE! CONCLUSIVELY, THEY ARE AS RUDDERLESS AS THE PEOPLE THEY WANT TO DISPLACE! MAY GOD LOCATE AND ENTHRONE THOSE WHO POSSESS THE REQUISITE QUALIFICATIONS TO CHANGE THE COUNTRY WHERE ALL TRIBES, RELIGIONS, AND REGIONS WILL HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING.

IT SEEMS THE OPPOSITION ARE ALWAYS LAGGING IN CRITICAL THINKING, STRATEGY, AND PROACTIVITY. THE 2027 ELECTION IS ALREADY WON BY THE INCUMBENT IN ADVANCE UNLESS GOD INTERVENES OTHERWISE.

IN THE LAST YEARS, THE OPPOSITION HAS BEEN SNORING IN SLUMBER INSTEAD OF DRIVING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO PREVENT THE PRESIDENT FROM MAKING UNILATERAL CRITICAL APPOINTMENTS THAT CAN EASILY INFLUENCE THE ELECTION OUTCOMES. WHERE WAS THE OPPOSITION WHEN THE PRESIDENT WAS BUSY APPOINTING THE INEC CHAIRMAN, INEC COMMISSIONERS, IGP, SERVICE CHIEFS, AND HEADS OF THE SECURITY AGENCIES?

ELECTION IS A PROCESS OF A CHAIN OF ACTIONS, MOST OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN AND SEALED. THE LAST SEGMENT OF THE PROCESS, WHICH INVOLVES VOTING, COUNTING, AND ANNOUNCING, IS A MINOR PART OF THE WHOLE PROCESS WHICH CAN BE INFLUENCED BY THE COMPLETED SEGMENT. THE OPPOSITION IS IGNORANT OF THIS LOGIC. THAT EXPLAIN THEIR CRIES AT EVERY FOUR-YEAR INTERVAL.

THE NIGERIAN OPPOSITION OBVIOUSLY LACK A THINK-TANK, AND SEEMS TO BE A HAVEN OF CONFUSED AND CHAOTIC PEOPLE SINGING SONGS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES! I DOUBT IF THEY DEVOTE QUALITY TIME TO THINK AND STRATEGISE! CONCLUSIVELY, THEY ARE AS RUDDERLESS AS THE PEOPLE THEY WANT TO DISPLACE! MAY GOD LOCATE AND ENTHRONE THOSE WHO POSSESS THE REQUISITE QUALIFICATIONS TO CHANGE THE COUNTRY WHERE ALL TRIBES, RELIGIONS, AND REGIONS WILL HAVE A SENSE OF BELONGING.

THE WORLD IS NOW A GLOBAL VILLAGE AND NOTHING CAN BE HIDDEN ANYMORE UNDER THE SUN AS FAR AS QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE IS CONCERNED, AND ITS CONSEQUENTIAL OUTCOMES. TRUTH MUST BE TOLD THAT THERE IS A RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE AND DISCRIMINATION IN NIGERIA. INSTEAD OF THE DENIAL AND EXPLANATIONS BY PRESIDENT TINUBU, THE PRAGMATIC APPROACH IS TO ACCEPT AND CONFRONT THE REALITY WITH EFFICIENT REMEDIAL MEASURES.

WHO ARE THE ATTACKERS OF THE VICTIMS SHELTERING AT THE VARIOUS IDP CAMPS? WITH ALL THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT, THESE TERRORISTS AND THEIR SPONSORS, WHO LIVE WITHIN NIGERIA, CAN NOT BE TRACED? WHO ARE THEIR SPONSORS? WHY WAS IT EASY TO TRACK AND ARREST NNAMDI KANU IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, BUT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE TERRORISTS LIVING AMONG US?

HAS ANY TERRORIST EVER BEEN ARRESTED AND PROSECUTED? I DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO STEROTYPING ANY TRIBE OR RELIGION. A CRIMINAL IS A CRIMINAL WHO MUST BE SEEN AND TREATED AS SUCH IN ISOLATION, WITHOUT ANY RELIGIOUS OR TRIBAL CONNOTATIONS! IT SEEMS CRIMINALITY IN IMPUNITY IS AN ACCEPTED STATUTELESS LAW OPERATED AT ALL LEVELS IN NIGERIA. WHAT A PITY!

THE GREATEST TRAGEDY THAT HAS EVER BEFALLEN NIGERIA IS THE SPINELESS, SELFISH, AND AVARICIOUS POLITICIANS POPULATING THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE OF NIGERIA, WHETHER IN THE OPPOSITION OR IN POWER. THEY ARE ALL THE SAME SPECIES OF HUMANS. THEIR CONSCIENCE IS DEAD WITH THEIR SEARED HEARTS, HAVING THE FORM OF HUMANS BUT IN REALITY THEY ARE NOT! GOD, IN HIS OWN WAY AND METHOD, WILL RETAIN THE GOOD POLITICIANS AMONG THEM, DISMISS THE BAD ONES, AND ENTHRONE THOSE OUTSIDE THE CORRIDOR OF POWER HE CONSIDERS FIT FOR HIS USE TO REDEFINE NIGERIA.

''Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, on Saturday said former President Muhammadu Buhari was surrounded by some sycophants during his administration.

The governor said he witnessed firsthand how politicians flattered Buhari while he was in office, only to disown him after his exit from power.

“By being a governor, I have seen what sycophancy can do. I have seen people actually sit in the presence of President (Muhammadu) Buhari to tell him, ‘Oh, you are the best ever. Nobody can do this better.’

“But the minute Buhari left government, they started saying, ‘Oh, he was one of the worst presidents we had ever seen.’ These are the same people but different moments. That is what sycophancy is all about,” Sule said.

I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL POLITICAL LEADERS WHO WERE VICTIMS OF SYCHOPHANCY. SOME OF THE PRESENT POLITICAL LEADERS ARE GRADUALLY BECOMING VICTIMS OF THE SAME BUG, AND IT MAY BE TOO LATE BY THE TIME THEY REALISE. IT SEEMS NIGERIAN POLITICIANS NEVER LEARN FROM OTHERS WHO FELL FROM GRACE TO DISGRACE!

CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISMS ARE MARKETED AS HATRED TO THE ITCHING EARS OF THE NIGERIAN POLITICIANS, WHO DESPERATELY CRAVE FOR PRAISES AND HALLELUJAH SONGS, IN THEIR QUEST TO CONVERT THEMSELVES INTO HUMAN SHRINES, TO BE WORSHIPED BY FRUSTRATED PEOPLE THROUGH THE POLICIES OF MPOVERISHMENT. SHOUT ABOMINATION! NO WONDER, THEY ARE ALWAYS THE ARCHITECTS OF THEIR OWN DOWNFALLS, NOT THE WORKS OF WITCHES, WIZARDS, OR ANY ENEMY OUT THERE!

TWO SETS OF PEOPLE TROUBLE ANY SOCIETY - BAD LEADERS WITH DARK HEARTS DRIVEN BY CORRUPTION AND THE WORKS OF SELF-CENTERED SYCOPHANTS IN AND OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT CIRCLES. THEIR DEVIOUS ACTS IMPOSE REVERBERATIVE DISLOCATING EFFECTS ACROSS GENERATIONS! GOD WILL RESCUE NIGERIA AND NIGERIANS FROM THESE DEADLY BUGS!

IF THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA TWITTED ON JANUARY 29, 2024, THAT:

''THE SLAUGHTERING OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIPERS IS STRONGLY CONDEMNABLE. IT CALLS TO QUESTION THE COMPETENCE OF JONATHAN TO PROTECT NIGERIANS.''

IF SOME SELF-SERVING POLITICIANS AND WICKED PEOPLE CLAIM OTHERWISE, THE QUESTION REMAINS TO BE ANSWERED IS THIS:
WHEN DID THE ''SLAUGHTERING'' STOP, ESPECIALLY WHEN ALL VERDICTS OF SOME CREDIBLE ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE NIGERIA CONFIRM THE WORSENED STATE OF INSECURITY?

I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT EVEN THOUGH CHRISTIANS ARE TARGETED IN MOST AREAS OF ATTACK, PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS ARE NOT EXCLUDED FROM THE HEINOUS CRIMES. MY MULTIPLE PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS IN THE UK SUGGEST THAT VIOLENCE COULD BE A FORM OF PROTEST AGAINST THE SYSTEM BY SOME PEOPLE WHOSE PATIENCE HAS EXPIRED, AS THEY WRONGLY OR RIGHTLY PERCEIVE THE SYSTEM AS SCREWED AGAINST THEM. THEY COULD BE SO FRUSTRATED TO THE POINT OF CONSIDERING DEATH AS A BETTER OPTION TO LIFE, HENCE THEIR DETERMINATION TO FORCEFULLY DRAW ATTENTION TO THEIR CRIES. THIS COULD BE A RELEVANT PRAGMATIC THEORY AMONG OTHERS THAT COULD HELP IN MARSHALLING OUT THE REMEDIAL MEASURES.

GOOD GOVERNANCE THAT IS PROACTIVELY PRODUCTIVE IN CREATING A LEVEL PLAYING PLATFORM FOR CITIZENS TO ENGAGE IN HEALTHY COMPETITION IS THE ONLY SENSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE MENACE. BUT WILL CORRUPTION ALLOW THE UTOPIAN DREAM TO COME TO FRUITION? A NATION WHERE THOSE IN PRIVILEGED POSITIONS STEAL THE COMMONWEALTH WITH IMPUNITY AND USE THE FILTHY LUCRE TO ENSLAVE THE PEOPLE IN PERPETUAL PENURY, WILL CONTINUE TO WALLOW IN VIOLENCE, NO MATTER THE SIZE OF SECURITY BUDGETS.

SOME POWERFUL PEOPLE USE THE WEAPONIZATION OF RELIGION AND ETHNICITY AS A SCREEN TO ACHIEVE THEIR HIDDEN NEFARIOUS GOALS. THE PRESIDENT TO RESCUE THE COUNTRY MUST RESOLUTELY DECIDE THAT THERE MUST BE NO SACRED COWS AND UNTOUCHABLES IN THE SOCIETY. DESPITE THE SEEMING HOPELESSNESS, I STILL HOLD THE FAITH THAT SOONER THAN EXPECTED, GOD WILL USE HIS OWN METHOD TO CORRECT THE ANOMALIES THROUGH THE MIRACULOUS ENTHRONEMENT OR CONSOLIDATION OF THOSE WHO FEAR HIM.

I WAS OVERWHELMED WITH EMOTIONS TO THE EDGE OF TEARS AS I HELPLESSLY WATCH A POTENTIALLY GREAT COUNTRY THAT CONTINUES TO SINK INTO THE MIRY CLAY OF HOPESLESSNESS, GRINDING POVERTY, AND NATIONAL CHAOS DUE TO THE MISRULE OVER DECADES BY THE SUCCESSIVE SUPPOSED LEADERS WHO CAN BE ASCRIBED ANYTHING BUT PATRIOTISM!

I SINCERELY PLEAD WITH PRESIDENT TINUBU IN ADMONISHMENT: LIFE IS SHORT AND ETERNITY IS ENDLESS! WE ARE ALL SOJOURNERS AND WILL DEPART SOMEDAY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY TO OUR MAKER, THE ALMIGHTY GOD! TAKE A SIGH FOR A MOMENT WITH A THOUGHTFUL AND CRITICAL REFLECTION - WHERE ARE THE MIGHTY NATIONAL LEADERS OF YESTER-YEARS? MANY ARE FACING THE REALITY OF ETERNITY!

IN ANY ADMINISTRATION, IDOLISING SYCOPHANTS ARE ALWAYS FLOCKING LIKE DOVES TO TURN THE NATIONAL LEADER INTO A NEBUCHADNEZZAR. THEY DROWN THE UNDISCERNING LEADERS WITH SONOROUS SWEET VOICE PRAISES IN HALLELUJAH TUNES, BUT THEIR HEARTS ARE STINKING EMPIRES OF DEADLY SELFISHNESS. PLS DONT FALL FOR THE DESTRUCTIVE TRAP THAT IS PORTRAYED AS A ROSSY PLATFORM!

CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN EXPLORED BY THE LEADERS FOR THE TRANSFORMATIONAL REFORMATION OF THEIR MODUS OPERANDI, ARE COLOURED BY THE SYCOPHANTS AS ENMITY SPRINGING FROM HOSTILE HATERS OF THE LEADERS. PRESIDENT TINUBU, WHETHER ANYBODY LIKES OR NOT, UNTIL YOU LEAVE THE THRONE AT GOD'S APPOINTED TIME, YOU REMAIN THE CONSTITUTIONALLY RECOGNISED PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY, NO MATTER HOW DICEY AND CONTROVERSIAL THE DEBATE MAY BE ON THIS CLAIM.

THEREFORE, CONSIDER YOURSELF AS THE FATHER OF ALL NIGERIANS OF VARYING TRIBES, RELIGIONS, AND POLITICAL LEANINGS. IF I WERE TO BE THE PRESIDENT, I WOULD: [A] INTERVENE FOR THE UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF NNAMDI KANU OR ENSURE HIS TRIAL IS FAIRLY AND TRANSPARENTLY CONCLUDED WITHIN 30 DAYS [B] INVITE ALL DISSENTING GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY FOR DIALOGUE WITH A COMMITTEE OF MEDIATORS TO EXPLORE THEIR GRIVIANCES TO FORMULATE AND IMPLEMENT REMEDIAL MEASURES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WHOLE NATION [C] I WOULD FIGHT CORRUPTION WHICH IS THE REAL SOURCE OF AGITATIVE VIOLENCE AND ALL UNIMAGINABLE CRIMES IN NIGERIA. THIS HAS TO BE DONE THROUGH LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE. MAY THE LORD GRANT THE PRESIDENT THE WISDOM TO GOVERN THE COUNTRY.

NIGERIA IS A NATION OF CHAOS, A BEEHIVE OF POLITICAL VIPERS, AND A BEHEMOTH OF IMPERVIOUS LEADERS. IT IS A COUNTRY OF RUTHLESSNESS, RUDDERLESSNESS, AND AN UNREGULATED THEATER FOR ALL PLAYERS WITH DISCORDANT TONES.

THIS COUNTRY CALLED NIGERIA IS LONG OVERDUE FOR A COMPLETE REBUILDING. THE DIPLATED AND DEPLETED ENVIABLE NATIONAL ETHICAL STRATA, AS BEQUEATHED BY THE SELFLESS FOUNDING FATHERS, ARE BEYOND REPAIR.

THEREFORE, THE ONLY REDEMPTION IS THE RADICAL REBUILDING OF THE NATION CHAMPIONED BY A PRESIDENTIAL LEADER WHO IS ETHICALLY SOUND, KNOWLEDGABLE, EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT, COMPLETELY SELFLESS, AND DRIVEN BY THE FEAR OF GOD. UNTIL THEN, THE DARKNESS OVER THE COUNTRY, BUILT BY THE SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS IN DECADES, WILL CONTINUE TO GROW IN BOUNDS! PRAY, THAT GOD HIMSELF ENTHRONES SUCH A LEADER IN HIS OWN WAY! I COME IN PEACE! SHALOM!!

SOCIAL MEDIA, THE SUPER HIGHWAY FOR THE VENTILATION OF IDEAS, NEWS, INFORMATION, revelations, AND DISCLOSURES, UNVEILS SKELETONS THAT MAY NEVER HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED. IT DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY FROM LEADERS IN JURISDICTIONS WITH PHARAONIC REIGNS.

THE IMAGINARY EVILS PROPOUNDED FOR THE CALL FOR SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATION CAN BE RESOLVED BY THE EXISTING STATUTES IN NIGERIA. THE LAW OF DEFAMATION, AMONG MANY REDEMPTIVE LEGISLATIONS, IS AVAILABLE FOR THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION AGENCIES TO USE TO SECURE JUSTICE FOR ANYONE WHO CLAIMS INJURY! SO, WHAT CAN BE THE JUSTIFIABLE REASON TO REGULATE THE SOCIAL MEDIA SPACE EXCEPT FOR THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF CORRUPTION, IMPUNITY, AND THE SECRECY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE POWERFUL CLIQUE THAT HAVE BEEN HOLDING NIGERIA BACKWARDS?

THE MODERN WORLD IS RACING ON THE HIGHWAY OF OPENNESS, TRANSPARENCY, AND FREEDOM FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF HUMAN VALUES AND UPGRADES OF THE ETHICS THAT GOVERN THE SOCIETY. I OBSTINATELY BELIEVE THAT NIGERIA WILL GET IT RIGHT AND BE A HAVEN OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL. THE GAPS THAT SOME BAD LEADERS ACROSS NIGERIA ARE TRYING TO KEEP AND WIDEN WILL SOON BE ABOLISHED BY DIVINE PROVIDENCE, TO EMERGE A COUNTRY THAT WILL BE THE PRIDE OF ALL TRIBES AND RELIGIONS. LET US NOT BE WEARY TO KEEP PRAYING FOR OUR DEAR AND POTENTIALLY BEAUTIFUL NIGERIA!

WHILE I COMMEND DANGOTE FOR INVESTING IN NIGERIA. THE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES ARE CULPABLE FOR THE FAILURE TO HOLD MANUFACTURING COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR SOCIAL CORPORATE WELFARE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THEIR MANUFACTURING PLANTS. IN 2013, AS A MANAGEMENT POSTGRADUATE STUDENT AT CARDIFF IN THE UK, I DID A CLASS PRESENTATION ON DANGOTE INDUSTRIES, WHERE I DISCOVERED THAT HIS CEMENT INDUSTRY, AS TYPIFIED BY OBAJANA CEMENT, ACCOUNT FOR THE BULK OF HIS WEALTH, WITHOUT WHICH HE COULDN'T HAVE BECOME THE RICHEST AFRICAN.

GO TO OBAJANA, WHERE HIS CEMENT POWERHOUSE IS SITUATED, AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE PRACTICAL DEFINITION OF A SLUM POPULATED BY PEOPLE BURDENED BY THE YOKE OF POVERTY! POLLUTION IS THE REWARD FOR THE SOCIAL LICENCE GRANTED BY THE LOCALS FOR THE FACTORY TO OPERATE! THIS IS GROSS INJUSTICE PER EXCELLENCE!!

EVERYONE KNOWS THAT PETROL AND DIESEL ARE THE OILS THAT DRIVE MOST BUSINESSES IN NIGERIA, WITH RIPPLE EFFECTS ACROSS THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. WITH PERFECT OVERSIGHT OF THE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES, HIS REFINERY PRODUCTS COULD HAVE BEEN FAR CHEAPER, AND COULD HAVE RADICALLY CHANGED THE FINANCIAL FORTUNES OF THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE.

WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF HAVING SUCH PLANTS IF THEIR MANIFEST BENEFITS ELUDE THE PEOPLE, AND HAVE NOT CREATED ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE PEOPLE'S WEALTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE INDUSTRIES WERE ESTABLISHED? DANGOTE HAS DONE HIS PART WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INDUSTRIES. AND THE TASK OF CONVERTING THE INHERENT BENEFITS OF THE IDUCTIRES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS AND THE COUNTRY DEPENDS ON THE QUALITY OF THE MORAL INTELLIGENCE OF THE PRESIDING GOVERNMENT.

NIGERIA IS A COCOON AND A COVEN OF CONTRADICTIONS, DETACHED FROM NOBILITY, AT VARIANCE WITH HUMANITY, AND IN SEEMINGLY INSEPARABLE MARRIAGE WITH ANYTHING BUT ETHICAL VALUES. A PLACE WHERE BANDITS ARE PAID TO STOP KILLING WITH THEIR WEAPONS INTACT, WHILE THEIR VICTIMS ARE LEFT WITH PAIN AND COULD BE ARRESTED FOR POSSESSING WEAPONS ACQUIRED FOR SELF-DEFENCE. BANDITS ARE PREFERRED FOR EMPLOYMENT, INSTEAD OF THEIR JOBLESS VICTIMS, UNDER THE DISGUISE OF REINTEGRATING BANDITS INTO THE SOCIETY.

BANDITS AND KIDNAPPERS' ATTACKS ARE MOST OFTEN BRANDED REPRISALS, WHILE THE RETALIATORY DETERRENT ATTACKS BY VICTIMS ARE VIEWED AS A SIN OF AGGRESSION THAT MUST BE REPRIMANDED. A COUNTRY THAT IS DELIGHTED IN THE RITUALS OF MERE VERBAL CONDEMNATIONS OF TERRORISM AND KIDNAPPING, INSTEAD OF FIGHTING CORRUPTION THAT INCUBATES THESE EVILS. A HAVEN OF MEDIOCRITIES AND A HELL FOR INGENUITY.

MY TAKE ON ALL THESE:

ALL THE EVILS ARE THE MANIFESTATIONS OF BAD GOVERNANCE. THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN DRIVEN DOWN THE RETROGRESSIVE SLOPE OF DESPAIR FOR DECADES, WHERE NEPOTISM, CLIENTEISM, FAVOURITISM, CLANISM, AND RENTISM ARE THE GUIDING BENCHMARKS WITHIN WHICH THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN RECKLESSLY GOVERNED BY LEADERS WHO FOUND THEIR WAY TO THE EXALTED SEAT THROUGH THE CORRUPT WEB OF A FEW POWERFUL PEOPLE WITHIN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THE NEXUS OF EVIL, WHICH IS THE COMPASS FOR ANY GOVERNMENT AND WHICH DEPENDS ON CORRUPT ENRICHMENT TO BE ACTIVE AND INFLUENTIAL, IS THE REAL EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THE NIGERIAN CORPORATE PEACE. THE ECONOMIC VIOLENCE UNLEASHED ON THE PEOPLE BY THE WEAPON OF CORRUPTION BIRTHS THE SUB-NATIONAL NONSTATE-ACTORS OF VIOLENCE.

WHILE I HOLD THE OPINION THAT ALL VIOLENT GROUPS SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO NATIONAL LAWS WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOUR, I DARE SAY THAT THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION IS TRANSFORMATIONAL GOOD GOVERNANCE FOUNDED ON THE VIRTUES OF TRANSPARENCY, LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE, RULE OF LAW, EQUITY, JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY, WHERE CITIZENS CAN ENGAGE IN HEALTHY PROGRESSIVE COMPETITION TO ATTAIN THEIR ASPIRATIONS AND SET LIFE GOALS.

FROM ALL INDICATIONS, NIGERIA IS FAR OFF MARK! I STILL POSSESS THE STUBBORN FAITH THAT NIGERIA WILL BE AMONG THE BEST GOVERNED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. GOD WILL RECREATE IT IN HIS OWN WAY AND TIMING IN CHRIST'S JESUS NAME. YES, THOSE GOD WILL MYSTERIOUSLY USE ARE IN THE WILDERNESS OF LEADERSHIP TRAINING DESIGNED BY GOD!

The historic and laudable peace agreement is a validation of the theory that influential leaders can create peace for societies if they so desire. Donald Trump is a Trump for the world and is worthy of emulation by leaders in violence-infested countries like Nigeria. Violence could have been a thing of the past in Nigeria if successive Nigerian leaders were to be sincere, nationalistically patriotic, and determined to end the menace.

Nigeria has been under multiple assaults of pain created by disengenuous governance that has presided over the country for decades. Despair, hopelessness, and grinding poverty have forced people to praise their tormentors in hope for crumbs from the tables of pharaohs! The unwritten, conventional formula for governance in Nigeria has proved effective and has therefore been adopted as a model. The formula is simple: impoverish the people to the level of dehumanisation to keep them in perpetual servitude. What a state!

BASKING IN OPAQUE GOVERNANCE IS A UNIQUELY ADOPTED SIGNATURE IN NIGERIA. RUFAI'S QUESTIONS COULD HAVE BEEN UNNECESSARY IF THE GOVERNMENT HAD PRESENTED THEIR TENDER PUBLICLY, INVITED THE MASS MEDIA AND ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCIES TO WITNESS THE TENDER OPENING, AND PUBLISHED THE TENDER EVALUATION OUTCOMES ON A WEBSITE FOR EVERYONE TO ACCESS, STATING THE REASONS THE WINNER OF THE TENDER WON THE CONTRACT. CORRUPTION WILL NOT ALLOW THIS TRANSPARENCY!

THE MINISTER'S DEROGATORY CHOICE OF WORDS IS TYPICAL OF THE NIGERIAN POLITICIANS IN POWER WHO POSE AS PUBLIC KINGS AND DEMAND PRINCELY OBEISANCE FROM THE PEOPLE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO SERVE. A GRAND SELF-ILLUSIVE DELUSION IS IT! NIGERIA IS TOO RICH FOR TYPHOID AND MALARIA TO REIGN IN NIGERIA DUE TO POOR ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND LACK OF ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER. THE YOUNG TALENTED PROFESSIONALS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FLEEING NIGERIA TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES IF GOVERNANCE WERE TO BE RESTED ON THE TRIPOD OF ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPONSIBILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY.

I STILL FIND IT FUNNY TO LEARN FROM ONE OF THE MINISTER'S INTERVIEWS THAT THE COASTAL HIGHWAY, IN SOME SEGMENTS, IS VERY CLOSE TO THE OCEAN! HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT RETAINING WALLS AS HIGH AS MORE THAN 3 METERS WERE CONSTRUCTED IN SOME PORTIONS TO RETAIN THE EARTH BACKFILLS. APART FROM THE INDUCED HIGHER COSTS, I FEAR THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF POSSIBLE UNEVEN FOUNDATION SETTLEMENT THAT MIGHT RENDER THE ROAD UNSERVICEABLE AND NECESSITATE AVOIDABLE, COSTLY, FREQUENT MAINTENANCE.

I PRAY THAT GOD GRANTS PRESIDENT TINUBU THE DIVINE WISDOM TO STEER THE SHIP OF THE STATE TO THE DESIRED SAFE AND PROSPEROUS HAVEN OF ABUNDANCE, BY WEATHERING THE STORMS OF THE CURRENT POOR GOVERNANCE-RELATED BARRIERS THAT DEVELOPED OVER A COUPLE OF DECADES. NIGERIA IS OVERDUE FOR A RADICAL AND FUNDAMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION TO PLACE IT ON THE HIGHWAY OF SUSTAINABLE, ACCOUNTABLE, AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNANCE AT ALL LEVELS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL DEMOCRACY.

A FRACTION OF THE TIME, ENERGY, AND INTELLIGENCE THE SCAMMERS INVEST IN FRAUD COMMISSION IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM SUPER RICH IF DEPLOYED FOR GAINFUL AND LAWFUL VENTURES. I MAY CONCLUDE, THEREFORE, THAT THESE BEASTS WALKING ON TWO LEGS ARE DEMONIC INCARNATES NOT FIT TO LIVE AMONG HUMANS. THEY SHOULD BE SENT YONDER VIA THE STAKES TO SANITISE THE SOCIETY.

IT IS THE SAME DEMON THAT POSSESSES CORRUPT POLITICIANS AND LEADERS IN POWER WHO STEAL THE COMMONWEALTH TO THE EXTENT THAT THEIR THIRD GENERATIONS CAN NOT EXHAUST, WHILE THE ANGUISH OF THEIR VICTIMS, OWNERS OF THE WEALTH, SEEM TO BE THEIR SOURCE OF JOY. THEY TRANSLATE THEMSELVES INTO SHRINES AND EXPECT THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE IMPOVERISHED TO WORSHIP THEM ON THEIR THRONE ALTER OF MAMMON.

THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN THE VOGUE IN NIGERIA FOR DECADES. THE SANITISATION OF NIGERIA IS LONG OVERDUE FOR THE REDEFINITION AND INSTITUTIONALISATION OF NATIONAL VALUES DRIVEN THROUGH LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE. WHERE IS THAT GOD-SENT LEADER? WHERE IS THE SELFLESS LEADER WHOSE PASSION AND BREATH IS ABOUT SAVING GENERATIONS OF NIGERIA FROM THE EDGE OF A PRECIPICE? MAY THE GOOD LORD ENTHRONE HIM SOON USING HIS OWN WAY AND METHOD IN CHRIST JESUS' NAME.

OF LATE, I HAVE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT THE OMINOUS DARK CLOUD HOVERING OVER NIGERIA WITH ALL SORTS OF CHAOS CREATED BY THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE WEAPONS OF FEAR AND INTIMIDATION TO ACHIEVE THEIR SELFISH GOALS. THE DISASTROUS SLIDE OF NIGERIA ALONG THE SLOPE OF DESPAIR AND EXTINCTION COULD BE ARRESTED IF THE CONFAB IS WELL MANAGED AND THE OUTCOMES ARE PRAGMATIC, RESOURCEFUL, JUST, FAIR, AND PATRIOTIC.

FOR THE SAKE OF RESCUING THE NATION, AND TO ENHANCE THE CREDIBILITY OF THE PROCESSES, THE PARTICIPANTS MUST NOT BE DRIVEN BY SELF-INTERESTS AND AMBITIONS. THE PRIME OBJECTIVES SHOULD BE CLEARLY SPELT OUT:- IT IS PURELY TO START THE JOURNEY OF CREATING A COUNTRY OF OUR DREAMS, NOT A FORUM TO PROMOTE DIVISIVE TENDENCIES OR HATE SPEECHES, AND NOT AIMED TO DEMEAN OR RUBBISH THE GOVERNMENT, BUT TO HONESTLY DEBATE NATIONAL PROBLEMS CONFRONTING GOOD GOVERNANCE, WHICH START WITH THE FAULTY ELECTORAL PROCESSES.

MY HUMBLE INEXHAUSTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR DISCUSSIONS FOR POSSIBLE RESOLUTIONS INCLUDE:

(A) THE PRESIDENT, AS AN INTEREST PARTY IN THE GAME, SHOULD NOT BE NOMINATING KEY ELECTORAL FUNCTIONARIES LIKE THE INEC CHAIRMAN, INEC MEMBERS, THE CJN, IGP, AND OTHER SECURITY SERVICE CHIEFS. THE NOMINATION AND TERMINATION OF THE PRESIDING OFFICERS OF THESE CRITICAL INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BE THE PREROGATIVE OF AN INDEPENDENT BODY OF PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY WITH PROVEN INCORRUPTIBLE PAST RECORDS FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS.

(B) A WEBSITE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC SHOULD BE FLOATED WHERE THE NAMES OF CONTESTANTS AND THE SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS ARE PUBLISHED. THOSE WHO BELIEVE SOME CONTESTANTS ARE UNFIT TO CONTEST THE ELECTIONS CAN USE THE WEBSITE AS A PLATFORM TO VENTILATE THEIR REASONS AND UPLOAD THEIR DOCUMENTARY PROOFS.

(C) ALL DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED BY THE HOPEFUL CONTESTANTS SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO SERIOUS SCRUTINY AND VERIFICATION, AND THOSE WHO SUBMIT FORGED, FAKED OR DUBIOUSLY PROCURED DOCUMENTS OF ANY KIND SHOULD BE SWIFTLY PROSECUTED WITH A JAIL TERM NOT LESS THAN 10 YEARS. ANY ONGOING CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS OF ANY CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION MUST BE CONCLUDED EARLY ENOUGH TO DETERMINE THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE CONTEST. FOR THE SAKE OF FAIRNESS, FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO CONTEST, THEIR NAMES SHOULD BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST A YEAR BEFORE THE ELECTION TO ALLOW ENOUGH TIME FOR THE CONCLUSION OF ELIGIBILITY-RELATED ISSUES.

(D) THOSE CONVICTED FOR CRIMINAL CASES, WHETHER WITHIN OR OUTSIDE NIGERIA, SHOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY BARRED FROM CONTESTING ELECTIONS.

(E) AN ELECTORAL BOARD FOR DEBATES SHOULD BE FORMED AT SENATORIAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS TO PROVIDE A PLATFORM WHERE CONTESTANTS ARE INVITED TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES OF INTEREST, AND ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. THE BOARDS' MEMBERS SHALL BE SEASONED JOURNALISTS WITH CREDIBLE AND TRANSPARENT RECORDS OF SERVICE. THE DEBATES SHOULD START NOT LESS THAN 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTIONS WITH A MINIMUM OF 5 DEBATES. REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEBATES BY ANY HOPEFUL CONTESTANT, OR TO MISS TWO CONSECUTIVE DEBATES, IS DEEMED A VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL FROM THE ELECTORAL CONTEST.

(F) ANY VIOLENCE TRACEABLE TO ANYONE WISHING TO CONTEST AUTOMATICALLY LEADS TO DISQUALIFICATION.

(G) ALL HOPEFUL CONTESTANTS SHOULD SUBMIT A SWORN COURT AFFIDAVIT TO ABSTAIN FROM ACTS OF VIOLENCE, MONETARY INDUCEMENT, AND FRAUD. THE AFFIDAVIT SHOULD ASSERT AUTOMATIC SELF-DISQUALIFICATION FROM ELECTIONS WHERE BREACHES ARE COMMITTED.

THESE SUGGESTIONS ARE NOT EXHAUSTIVE, RATHER PORTRAY THE ESSENCE OF THE CONFAB AND THE NATURE OF THE GLOBAL EXPECTED OUTCOMES.

I FIND IT ABSURD AND REPULSIVE FOR ANYONE TO USE SPECULATIVE DEROGATORY TERMS, SUCH AS ''A THIEF'', TO DESCRIBE A SITTING PRESIDENT. IT IS WRONG BY ALL STANDARDS AND NORMS UNLESS YOU HAVE IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE TO BACK UP THE CLAIMS. WHILE IT IS GOOD TO RESIST THE SOCIETAL EVILS, THE MODUS OPERANDI SHOULD NOT BE FIENDISH, RATHER DRIVEN BY FINESSE WITH RESOLUTE DETERMINATION. WE SHOULD ALWAYS LEARN HOW TO ENGAGE CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS INSTEAD OF DESTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS THAT EXACERBATE THE SITUATION THAT WE INTEND TO RESOLVE.

JUST HAVE A SECOND THOUGHT AND CONSIDER THIS: INSTEAD OF CALLING THE PRESIDENT A THIEF ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHAT IF THE ACCUSER HAD COMPILED HIS EVIDENCE AND PURSUED THE REMEDY (RECOVERY OF THE PERCEIVED STOLEN WEALTH WITH PUNITIVE DETERRENCE) THROUGH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL WINDOWS TO REDRESS THE PERCEIVED ANOMALY? IT COULD HAVE BEEN MORE HONOURABLE, COMMENDABLE, AND PATRIOTIC. YES, HE MAY HAVE THE IMMUNITY, BUT THE IMMUNITY CANNOT STOP INVESTIGATION, ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SCENE. HIS IMMUNITY CAN NOT PREVENT THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM WHO MAY BE FOUND COMPLICIT.

MY BIBLE TELLS ME THAT EVEN THOUGH WE SHOULD NOT SUPPORT EVIL LEADERSHIP, WE ARE BOUND TO PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS FOR GOD TO TOUCH THEIR HEARTS FOR A CHANGE. AS WE PRAY, GOD HAS THE PEROGATIVE TO EITHER CHANGE THEIR HEARTS OR REMOVE THEM BY HIS OWN METHOD! WE MAY HATE THE EVILS A PERSON DOES, BUT WE ARE NEVER PERMITTED IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE TO HATE THE EVIL DOERS, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE OUR CLOSE PALS. LET LOVE BE OUR WEAPON FOR CORRECTION!

NIGERIA DESERVES AND CRAVES FOR A PRESIDENT WHO FEARS GOD, EMPATHETIC EVEN IN HIS PRIVATE LIFE, KNOWLEDGEABLE, HONEST WITH VERIFIABLE TRACK RECORDS, COMPLETELY DETRIBALISED, VALUES AND PROMOTES COMPETENCE, FEARLESS TO PURSUE THE COMMON GOOD, AND READY TO CONFRONT AND DISMANTLE THE NATIONWIDE ANTI-PROGRESSIVE NETWORKS OF A FEW OVERWELMING CLIQUE THAT HAVE ENSLAVED THE COUNTRY FOR DECADES.

WHERE IS THAT PERSON WHO FITS THE DESCRIPTION? JONATHAN'S PAST AND TINUBU'S PRESENT PERFORMANCES ARE CONTRARY WINDS IN THIS INSTANCE! NO ONE SHOULD EVEN MENTION ATIKU, WHO HAS SHOUTED CLEARLY IN SEVERAL FORA THAT SELECTIVE PATRONAGE FOR HIS FRIENDS IS NORMAL IN GOVERNANCE. OBI HAS NOT REALLY PROVED THAT HE IS READY FOR THE HERCULEAN NATIONAL TASK OF THE MUCH NEEDED RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ECONOMIC, ETHICAL, MORAL, SOCIAL, AND NORMATIVE FABRICS OF NIGERIA.

CONCLUSIVELY, FROM A VERY NEUTRAL STANDPOINT AND DRIVEN PURELY BY NATIONAL PATRIOTISIM WITHOUT BIAS, MALICE, OR HATRED FOR ANY CONTESTANT, I DARE HOLD SINCERELY THAT THE PERSON TO RESCUE NIGERIA IS NOT YET KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC. I STAND TO BE CORRECTED WITH FACTS AND NOT THE SENTIMENTS THAT HAVE BECOME THE TRADE MARKS OF COMMENTATORS. THE GOD-CHOSEN PERSON IS HIBERNATING SOMEWHERE IN THE POLITICAL WILDERNESS, TO BE UNVEILED BY GOD HIMSELF AT HIS OWN TIMING.

THE ERA OF THE REIGN OF CHARLATANISM, IMPUNITY, IMMUNITY IN LAWLESSNESS, ETHNICITY, CLIENTELISM, CLANISM, AND FAVOURITISM WILL BE OBLITERATED TO BIRTH A NEW ERA OF EGALITARIANISM, EQUITY, JUSTICE, FAIRNESS, AND OPEN PROGRESSIVE COMPETITIVENESS THAT ULTIMATELY LEAD TO PEACE AND PROSPERITY FOR THE PEOPLE ND THE NATION. MAY THE GOOD LORD SPEED UP THE EMERGENCE OF THE SITUATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WILL THROW UP SUCH A GOD-FEARING PERSON. IN CHRIST JESUS' NAME I PRAY, AMEN.

SUPPOSE THE INFLUENTIAL TOP FUNCTIONARIES IN THE GOVERNMENT ARE NOT COMPRISED. WHY IS THE GOVERNMENT FINDING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ARREST AND PROSECUTE THOSE WHO ARE BENT ON WEAPONIZING THEIR BUSINESS ADVANTAGE TO HOLD NIGERIANS HOSTAGE? WHY DO WE CONFER ILEGITIMATE IMMUNITY ON THOSE SITTING ON THE TRADITIONAL, RELIGIOUS, OR ECONOMIC THRONES EVEN IF THEY COMMIT SO GLARING CRIMES?

NO NATION CAN PROSPER WHERE CRIMES COMMITTED BY INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE ARE CONSIDERED NO CRIMES, BUT ONLY THOSE COMMITTED BY THE ORDINARY CITIZENS ARE. NIGERIA IS SINKING IN THE MIRY CLAY OF CHAOTIC LAWLESSNESS AND NOBODY CARES! THIS IS A LEADERSHIP FAILURE THAT ULTIMATELY LEADS TO STATE FAILURE UNLESS THE TEND IS ARRESTED BY THE PRESIDENT THROUGH LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE.

LAWLESSNESS IS A CULTURAL SUPERSTRUCTURE IN NIGERIA BUILT, ADORED, AND ADORNED OVER DECADES BY PRESIDING SELFISH NATIONAL LEADERS WHO BELIEVE THEY ARE SHRINES TO BE WORSHIPED BY OTHERS. AS FAITHFUL CITIZENS OF NIGERIA, WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRAY THAT GOD GRACE PRESIDENT TINUBU WITH THE RIGHT LEVELS OF TENACITY AND RESILIENCE TO RADICALLY STEER THE NATIONAL SHIP FROM THE OMINOUS PATH OF DESTRUCTION.

GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA IS A COCOON OF CHAOS. EVERYONE IS LAWLESS, STARTING FROM MOTOR PARK TOUTS, ALL THROUGH THE SOCIO-POLITICO ECONOMIC STRATA TO THOSE OPERATING AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE LADDER. THIS IS A CLASSICAL INDICTMENT OF THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP! A SOCIETY DRIVEN BY LEADERSHIP WITH NEGATIVE IMPACTS AND IMPARTS ON THE PEOPLE IS BOUND TO BE LAWLESS, BECAUSE BAD LEADERSHIP INFLUENCES AND PROMOTES SELFISHNESS, AN INNATE TRAIT OF HUMANS, TO A DOMINANT LEVEL THAT DICTATES THE INDIVIDUALS ' ACTIONS IN THE SOCIETY. THE OUTCOME IS LAWLESSNESS IN A JUNGLE!

THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE LEVERS OF MIGHT IN THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCLES BY THE SUCCESSIVE LEADERSHIPS IN NIGERIA SYSTEMATICALLY CREATED THE CHAOS THAT HAVE BECOME THE SIGNATURE OF NIGERIANS AND NIGERIA. THE QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE IS A VARIABLE DETERMINED BY THE QUALITY OF VISION, MISSION, AND COMMISSION OF THE PRESIDING LEADERSHIP. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT WHEN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS ARE NOT BASED ON ISSUES BUT ON RELIGIOUS AND TRIBAL SENTIMENTS? HOW DO YOU EXPECT NATIONAL PROSPERITY WHEN LEADERS THINK OF WHAT TO DO ONLY AFTER SECURING POWER AT ALL COSTS?

I HAVE SAID IT SEVERAL TIMES THAT, BECAUSE OF THE ENORMOUS CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS CONFERRED ON THE PRESIDENCY, IT IS ONLY THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA WHO CAN DRIVE THE REBIRTH OF NIGERIA THROUGH LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE. I PRAY THAT GOD TOUCHES THE HEART OF PRESIDENT TINUBU AND IMPARTS HIM WITH WISDOM TO CREATE THE DIFFERENCE THAT NIGERIANS HAVE BEEN YEARNING FOR. UNTIL THEN, LET US HOPE FROM HOPELESSNESS!

''Twenty-one wives of Local Government (LG) Chairmen from Adamawa State have traveled to Istanbul, Turkey, for a week-long leadership training program aimed at equipping them to “assist and advise” their husbands in their roles as LG chairmen.

The trip, which began last week, has sparked widespread criticism due to unpaid salaries and pensions for LG workers and retirees in the state.

According to reports, the training, accompanied by senior officials from the Ministry of Local Government, focuses on governance strategies and leadership capacity building.''

CORRUPTION IS A DEHUMANIZER, MENTAL VIRUS, AND DISENABLER OF BRAINS, THAT ONCE IT AFFLICTS, THE VICTIMS BECOME HUMAN PUPPETS. AS THE TEMPLES OF NARCISSISTIC DEMONS CALLED ANOMIE, THEY ARE DRIVEN BY INSATIABLE DEMONS CALLED GREED AND AVARICE. THEY SYMPTOMATALLY BREAK DOWN GRADUALLY AND STEADILY IN ALL FRONTS OF GODLY VALUES UNTIL THE LAST BREATH ESCAPES FROM THEIR NOSTRILS. BEHOLD A DEAD CLAY! THEY GROAN IN HELL WHILE THE UNKNOWN PEOPLE MUNCH THE ILLEGITIMATE WEALTH. CERTAINLY, THERE IS NO WISDOM BUT SELF-FOOLERY IN THE FELONIOUS CIRCUS PROCESSES! LET US GET WISE FOR ONCE!

"If you said I should enter APC, I want to join APC, and I didn’t say I will not join APC even now, but for what position?" - Kwankwaso.

Kwankwaso added: "In this country, who will tell us about the struggle to establish the APC? We are the ones who established the party. We are the leaders of the APC. We challenged the federal government then and faced many threats from the EFCC, ICPC, police, SSS, and others.

“If you say we should join APC, we agree to it, but tell us what the NNPP will get. Give us the answer, and we will agree to join, but don't take us back to when we were neglected. During the APC's 8 years under Buhari, we were not given anything, not even a 'thank you,' because our faction of the PDP didn’t start with them.''

I THANK RABIU FOR THE INADVERTENT VALIDATION OF THE LONG-TIME HELD NOTION THAT MOST OF THE NIGERIAN POLITICIANS ARE NOT AFTER THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE AND PROSPERITY OF THE NATION, BUT ARE ALWAYS IN INSATIABLE PURSUIT OF VAIN FILTHY LUCRE TO MASSAGE THEIR GREED AND AVARICE. THEY ARE SHAMELESSLY UNPRINCIPLED AND SHAPELESS IN CONCEPTS AND IDEAS.

IT IS INDEED A NATIONAL TRAGEDY AND CURSE THAT PEOPLE SWITCH CAMPS SOLELY FOR PERSONAL GAINS. GOOD PERFORMANCE IS THE ONLY YARDSTICK FOR PRINCIPLED POLITICIANS TO CRITICISE OR PRAISE A GOVERNMENT, AND THE SINGULAR REASON TO CHANGE A PARTY. NIGERIA HAS BEEN A PRISONER OF PHARAONIC BAD POLITICIANS, WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO ENTHRONE THEMSELVES UPON THE EXALTED SEATS OF POWER ACROSS THE NATION.

HOWEVER, I REMAIN EVER POSITIVE THAT NIGERIA WILL BE RESCUED BY GOD IN HIS OWN WAY, METHOD, AND TIMING IN SUCH A WAY THAT WILL CONFOUND THE PEOPLE. NIGERIA SHALL BE A NATION OF GREATNESS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, WHERE ORCHESTRATED POVERTY AND ALL OTHER VICES RELATING TO CORRUPTION WILL BE FINALLY NAILED TO THE CROSS FOR THE REBIRTH OF A NEW PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS NIGERIA. OH LORD, SPEED UP THE PROCESS IN CHRIST JESUS' NAME, AMEN!