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Based on what I read here this evening and other related topics like this below
https://www.nairaland.com/8366946/heres-how-teslas-sales-been/1

I've come to the conclusion that
Nigerians Are Not Ready for Real Change and Here’s Why

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While reading that thread above about Tesla’s struggles and Elon Musk’s decisions, I couldn’t help but notice how many Nigerians were against him simply because he made tough calls that affected jobs and government subsidies. It got me thinking thst if a leader in Nigeria were to take the kind of hard decisions needed to fix this country, would we support them? The truth is, we wouldn’t.
We say we want change, but do we really?

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Look at how people on that thread were attacking Musk and trump too, not because he was corrupt or incompetent, but because he made decisions that prioritized long-term sustainability over short-term comfort. Someone even said, its he price for pursuing crazy agendas with Trump, implying that Musk should have just kept quiet and played it safe. Another person was basically saying his boldness will destroy him.
But isn’t this exactly what we need in Nigeria? A leader who isn’t afraid to shake things up?

Nigerians Complain About Corruption, But Hate Those Who Fight It

Let’s be honest: Nigerians hate corruption, but only when they’re not benefiting from it. We see it every day. When a governor steals money, we insult him. But if that same governor shares rice or gives out so called empowerment funds, we forget everything and defend him.
Remember when former CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi exposed the missing $20 billion in NNPC Funds?
https://saharareporters.com/2014/02/13/senate-hearing-sanusi-insists-20b-missing-okonjo-iweala-unable-prove-how-108b-was-spent
What happened? Instead of Nigerians rallying behind him, he was removed from office. Some people even celebrated it.
Even Buhari’s so called war on corruption flawed as it was faced resistance. When he tried to block unnecessary spending and arrest corrupt politicians, some Nigerians called it a "witch-hunt." But when those same corrupt politicians defected to his party, people moved on like nothing happened.

Subsidy Removal: A Hard Choice Nigerians Couldn’t Accept

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One of the biggest examples of this contradiction is the removal of fuel subsidies. For decades, we screamed about government waste, corruption, and inefficiency. But when Buhari and later Tinubu removed subsidies something every serious economist, myself, peter obi and most of you agreed was necessary Nigerians went wild.
Yes, it made life harder in the short term. But did we expect a magic solution? The same subsidy was being used to enrich a few elites while draining trillions from our economy. Yet, when the government finally removed it, people were angry, not at those who looted us for years, but at the leaders trying to fix it.
Someone on here at one time on a topic even said, “They just want to make us suffer. What is government for if not to provide subsidies?” But how can a government provide anything when it's broke?
We Want Change, But We Don’t Want To Pay The Price

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This same pattern repeats itself over and over. Look at the Oronsaye Report, which suggested merging and scrapping unnecessary government agencies to save trillions. It’s been sitting on the shelf since 2012. Why? Because implementing it means some people will lose their unnecessary jobs, even though those jobs are costing the country billions.
Or look at the backlash against Dangote’s refinery. Nigerians were begging for a private refinery for years, complaining that government refineries were scams. Now that Dangote has built one, some are attacking him, calling it a monopoly. So what do we really want?
We want better roads but don’t want toll gates.
We want a working economy but don’t want the naira to float.
We want a corruption-free Nigeria but don’t want corrupt politicians arrested if they’re from our tribe or religion.
The Truth Is: We Are Not Ready
this article may annoy some people, but the truth is bitter. If we ever get a leader who truly wants to fix Nigeria, that person will have to make brutal decisions which includes cutting costs, removing waste, stepping on powerful toes like Elon is doing right now with Trump. And when that happens, the same Nigerians shouting "We want change" will be the ones leading protests against him.

So let’s ask ourselves: [/b]Do we really want Nigeria to be better? Or do we just want leaders who will keep feeding us lies while doing nothing?
Because right now, it seems we only support "change" as long as it doesn’t inconvenience us.

[b]Footnote

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As for me the only people I see taking such decisions are people that are not career politicians, just regular people. I had hopes for Buhari, I would argue with my people that he was a military man, he'll fight corruption turns out corruption fought back or he didn't fight at all.
Right now my bet is on Sowore. We don't need too much.
Just one person to break the status quo for our current politicians and take am out of politics

Hmmm

Oga, people are not pissed by hard decisions but pissed by the prospects of further impoverishing the already poor and further enriching the political class through such hard decisions. That's what tinubu did and that's why his hard decisions are no more welcome

Nigeria earns in dollars but pays workers in naira.
Tinubu remove subsidy, approved increased electricity cost, approved increased telecommunication charges, increased excise duty, increased tax, added tollgates to some roads, added N50 tax to every bank transfer above 10,000 naira, unity schools charges increased, etc all in two years.

How did these actions amount to improved life?

For politicians: governors began to coast home with 3 x their previous allocation

Judges who did tinubus bidding were awarded 300% salary increment and houses built for them by tinubu govt. Tinubu did this to gain their loyalty incase of election crisis

Lieutenants in the army who do tinubus biddings are now entitled to 30,000USD cash upon retirement, 2 or 3;Prado Jeeps upon retirement and five domestic servants as awarded by tinubu. Their wages improved too. Tinubu is doing this to get their loyalty obviously and prevent coup if they should suffer what other citizens suffer

For the ordinary workers: there is no benefit
We got N32,000 added to our salary as minimum wage in the health sector irrespective of your rank. But the govt propaganda is spilling N70,000 out there as what they paid.

For the unemployed, nothing to cushion 300% inflation triggered by tinubu himself these two years despite tinubus and the governors becoming wealthier now coasting home with 3 times more revenue than buhari regime

Only an asslicker, tribalist and fool can defend tinubus under these circumstances or only a fool will be surprised that Nigerians are not impressed by tinubu madness

emmy512:
Based on what I read here this evening and other related topics like this below
https://www.nairaland.com/8366946/heres-how-teslas-sales-been/1

You no get point abeg

You think say Elon and Trump no know wetin them dey do or that Democrats can't see through their shenanigans?

These are real Fascists , hate anything not white and the whole world won't be quiet cos they seem to have some powerful backers from Israel .

American aid is what it has used to attain greatness, be it military, financial or even humanitarian
Cutting it off will significantly weaken its global outlook and paint them in a bad light and might lead to internal implosion, which is the first step In the collapse of an empire.

Maybe a new World power will emerge sooner than we think

Ruke1989:
Oga, people are not pissed by hard decisions but pissed by the prospects of further impoverishing the already poor and further enriching the political class through such hard decisions. That's what tinubu did and that's why his hard decisions are no more welcome

Nigeria earns in dollars but pays workers in naira.
Tinubu remove subsidy, approved increased electricity cost, approved increased telecommunication charges, increased excise duty, increased tax, added tollgates to some roads, added N50 tax to every bank transfer above 10,000 naira, unity schools charges increased, etc all in two years.

How did these actions amount to improved life?

For politicians: governors began to coast home with 3 x their previous allocation

Judges who did tinubus bidding were awarded 300% salary increment and houses built for them by tinubu govt. Tinubu did this to gain their loyalty incase of election crisis

Lieutenants in the army who do tinubus biddings are now entitled to 30,000USD cash upon retirement, 2 or 3;Prado Jeeps upon retirement and five domestic servants as awarded by tinubu. Their wages improved too. Tinubu is doing this to get their loyalty obviously and prevent coup if they should suffer what other citizens suffer

For the ordinary workers: there is no benefit
We got N32,000 added to our salary as minimum wage in the health sector irrespective of your rank. But the govt propaganda is spilling N70,000 out there as what they paid.

For the unemployed, nothing to cushion 300% inflation triggered by tinubu himself these two years despite tinubus and the governors becoming wealthier now coasting home with 3 times more revenue than buhari's regime

Only an asslicker, tribalist and fool can defend tinubus under these circumstances or only a fool will be surprised that Nigerians are not impressed by tinubu madness

while your points are all valid, do you realize this is where the issue is??
the politicians themselves and not the policies?

example the things you mentioned about tinubu if he did those policies without x3 the take-home of these people you mentioned don't you think we'd have more given to the states as allocation or allocations to other ministries?

That's why in one of my articles https://www.nairaland.com/8242872/when-fire-burns-why-nigeria i feel the only way to sort nigeria is a total breakdown of everything and built from the foundation up

Difrent:
You no get point abeg

You think say Elon and Trump no know wetin them dey do or that Democrats can't see through their shenanigans?

These are real Fascists , hate anything not white and the whole world won't be quiet cos they seem to have some powerful backers from Israel .

American aid is what it has used to attain greatness, be it military, financial or even humanitarian
Cutting it off will significantly weaken its global outlook and paint them in a bad light and might lead to internal implosion, which is the first step In the collapse of an empire.

Maybe a new World power will emerge sooner than we think

what shenanigans if i may ask?

I think this arguments are just repeated over and over again untill it sticks to anyone that tends to be on that side of the divide.
They have stated their goal of cost cutting etc. is it a bad thing? No /
will it affect some people? Yes/

But does not change the fact they are both trying to do what they think is right and they can be judged accordingly for the outcome.

emmy512:
Based on what I read here this evening and other related topics like this below
https://www.nairaland.com/8366946/heres-how-teslas-sales-been/1

I've come to the conclusion that
Nigerians Are Not Ready for Real Change and Here’s Why

---

While reading that thread above about Tesla’s struggles and Elon Musk’s decisions, I couldn’t help but notice how many Nigerians were against him simply because he made tough calls that affected jobs and government subsidies. It got me thinking thst if a leader in Nigeria were to take the kind of hard decisions needed to fix this country, would we support them? The truth is, we wouldn’t.
We say we want change, but do we really?

---

Look at how people on that thread were attacking Musk and trump too, not because he was corrupt or incompetent, but because he made decisions that prioritized long-term sustainability over short-term comfort. Someone even said, its he price for pursuing crazy agendas with Trump, implying that Musk should have just kept quiet and played it safe. Another person was basically saying his boldness will destroy him.
But isn’t this exactly what we need in Nigeria? A leader who isn’t afraid to shake things up?

Let’s be honest: Nigerians hate corruption, but only when they’re not benefiting from it. We see it every day. When a governor steals money, we insult him. But if that same governor shares rice or gives out so called empowerment funds, we forget everything and defend him.
Remember when former CBN Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi exposed the missing $20 billion in NNPC Funds?
https://saharareporters.com/2014/02/13/senate-hearing-sanusi-insists-20b-missing-okonjo-iweala-unable-prove-how-108b-was-spent
What happened? Instead of Nigerians rallying behind him, he was removed from office. Some people even celebrated it.
Even Buhari’s so called war on corruption flawed as it was faced resistance. When he tried to block unnecessary spending and arrest corrupt politicians, some Nigerians called it a "witch-hunt." But when those same corrupt politicians defected to his party, people moved on like nothing happened.

Subsidy Removal: A Hard Choice Nigerians Couldn’t Accept

---

One of the biggest examples of this contradiction is the removal of fuel subsidies. For decades, we screamed about government waste, corruption, and inefficiency. But when Buhari and later Tinubu removed subsidies something every serious economist, myself, peter obi and most of you agreed was necessary Nigerians went wild.
Yes, it made life harder in the short term. But did we expect a magic solution? The same subsidy was being used to enrich a few elites while draining trillions from our economy. Yet, when the government finally removed it, people were angry, not at those who looted us for years, but at the leaders trying to fix it.
Someone on here at one time on a topic even said, “They just want to make us suffer. What is government for if not to provide subsidies?” But how can a government provide anything when it's broke?
We Want Change, But We Don’t Want To Pay The Price

---

This same pattern repeats itself over and over. Look at the Oronsaye Report, which suggested merging and scrapping unnecessary government agencies to save trillions. It’s been sitting on the shelf since 2012. Why? Because implementing it means some people will lose their unnecessary jobs, even though those jobs are costing the country billions.
Or look at the backlash against Dangote’s refinery. Nigerians were begging for a private refinery for years, complaining that government refineries were scams. Now that Dangote has built one, some are attacking him, calling it a monopoly. So what do we really want?
We want better roads but don’t want toll gates.
We want a working economy but don’t want the naira to float.
We want a corruption-free Nigeria but don’t want corrupt politicians arrested if they’re from our tribe or religion.
The Truth Is: We Are Not Ready
this article may annoy some people, but the truth is bitter. If we ever get a leader who truly wants to fix Nigeria, that person will have to make brutal decisions which includes cutting costs, removing waste, stepping on powerful toes like Elon is doing right now with Trump. And when that happens, the same Nigerians shouting "We want change" will be the ones leading protests against him.


Footnote

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As for me the only people I see taking such decisions are people that are not career politicians, just regular people. I had hopes for Buhari, I would argue with my people that he was a military man, he'll fight corruption turns out corruption fought back or he didn't fight at all.
Right now my bet is on Sowore. We don't need too much.
Just one person to break the status quo for our current politicians and take am out of politics

CHANGE INTO WHAT? NAZISM?

Obrigardo:
CHANGE INTO WHAT? NAZISM?

What is Nazism, this is what i'm saying about us getting infected with these words etc
what concerns Nigerians with Nazis?

emmy512:
What is Nazism, this is what i'm saying about us getting infected with these words etc
what concerns Nigerians with Nazis?

It's pure hatred you thick skull. Nazism is hatred. Are you a human being or a blob of ball?

Obrigardo:
It's pure hatred you thick skull. Nazism is hatred. Are you a human being or a blob of ball?

hatred for who??