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Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by Chaolin: 1:48pm On Oct 05, 2025
Allow BIAFRA go
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by Guestmale: 1:49pm On Oct 05, 2025
madridguy:
Quality education will create employment. Idleness and hopelessness is the reason for the insecurity we are facing in Nigeria. Years ago, you will travel from Lagos to Maiduguri with your two eyes closed. You will travel anywhere within Nigeria freely.

Fix education and say bye bye to Banditry, Kidnapping, Ritual killings , Fulani herdsmen crisis and many more.
Education is good but it can certainly not wiped away all the criminalities you stated up there.
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by tunapawizzy: 1:50pm On Oct 05, 2025
Electoral law and system. That is the most important thing.
Votes must count.
If electoral law and process is structured to reflect the wishes of the people, if the people now like, they should go and still cast their votes for the people with structure that will give them garri and rice and urgent 10k.
When politicians know they cannot circumvent the electoral process and the voices of the people will be heard. There will be massive improvement in what is delivered to the people.
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by Honestey: 1:52pm On Oct 05, 2025
Electricity shall be the only key word out of the 40 compulsory characters
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by IMPARTIAL: 1:55pm On Oct 05, 2025
All National Assembly members will not be paid salaries again.

Instead, allowances will be given to them anytime they are called upon to have a meeting - deliberate on issues. If they meet for 2 days, something is paid to them. Thereafter, they would go home until when they are to meet on another issue again. It could be 3 months later. During this period of no meeting, no salaries is paid.

This is better than the humongous bills they are incurring. Free cars, free houses, free everything. Yet lecturers cannot even get a loan to buy a car.
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by sholikay(m): 1:55pm On Oct 05, 2025
It is easier to make changes in a country, especially like Nigeria that has visible aspect to be changed, but the major barrier is enforcement…
Unfortunately, the only enforcement that holds ground are those that doesn’t favor the masses , but the individual making the change..
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by occfx: 1:55pm On Oct 05, 2025
CommentatorPro:
Nigeria is a country blessed with talent, resources, and resilience — yet it continues to struggle under the weight of bad leadership, corruption, and poor governance. From unreliable electricity to the rising cost of living, it sometimes feels like every sector is crying out for help.

Now imagine this: you suddenly become the President of Nigeria — but only for one week. You have full control to make key decisions, sign executive orders, and implement reforms. No bureaucracy, no political godfathers — just seven days to make a difference.

What would you fix first?

Would you focus on the economy, to bring down the price of food and fuel?
Would you tackle security, ensuring that citizens can travel freely without fear of bandits or kidnappers?
Or maybe you’d go straight to education, reviving schools, paying teachers well, and making universities work again?

Some Nigerians say they would start by cutting government salaries and reducing the cost of governance. Others believe the first step should be arresting corrupt politicians and recovering looted funds. A few even argue that constitutional reform is the only real solution to Nigeria’s endless cycle of problems.

Whatever your opinion, one thing is clear — most Nigerians know exactly what they want fixed; they just haven’t had the power to do it.

So, let’s hear from you
If you had just one week as Nigeria’s President, with total authority to act, what’s the first thing you’d change and why?
I will start regional government without announcing it. Just give the states enough power to handle there issues with whatever money they generate and the banks will monitor there inflow and remit the equivalent tax to the central. State policing immediately paid from the state pocket... Any state who cannot handle can borrow from the central with collateral. The center can step in and harvest there resources to repay there loans.

Abuja should be the the IMF, the world bank and the UN to the states.
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by Circassian: 1:56pm On Oct 05, 2025
CommentatorPro:
You are right bro, but what about kidnapping and all other issues?
I'm sure with quality education the perpetrators wouldn't have such Ideas clouding their minds in the first place.
Emphasis on quality education
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by Flier: 2:01pm On Oct 05, 2025
handsomeyinka:
I will definitely first pay tithe on behalf of the whole Nigerians so I can win my next election through church campaign
GEJ tried it and lost woefully
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by owagbeba:
I will partner with China on technology transfer to Nigeria by setting up electricity production in each of the 36 states. Each state will have their power plant to cover the power needs of the state. The revenue from electricity sales will, in the long term, cover the overall cost / loans for these power plants. Then I will initiate an employment scheme were Chinese small / medium scale factory are encouraged to set up production in Nigeria, by providing incentives and tax free regimes. The essence is to get my people working and learning new skill, and acquiring production knowledge.

It’s only on these two points will R&D thrive in Nigeria.

Right now, no power, no factories, no employment
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by AbSlash: 2:04pm On Oct 05, 2025
1st day. Collect every state from one family affair and collect back all the treasury and assets stolen by that family. Make our judicial system and Inec fully independent.

2nd. Drage all the keys and important sea to make it accessable by international cargo ships, and also approve construction of dry port to key states.

3rd. Approve the immediate upgrade and functions of six international airport across the six geo political zone and other alternative landing airport within the key state.

4th. Approve the immediate and legit privatization of NNPC to a private company and set up a strong independent regulatory agencies to over see the affairs institution
5th. Approve a legitimate state policing and other private and independent investigative department.

6th. Approve the immediate construction of independent solar energy plant in every local government of 36 state in the country, and announce five years zero tax for all foreign and local company willing to invest in the country and other ease of doing business.

7th. Approve the immediate hand over committee for my immediate hand over
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by TOPCRUISE(m): 2:05pm On Oct 05, 2025
I will ensure we work on drone manufacture
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by doncartel: 2:06pm On Oct 05, 2025
Day 1- State of emergency in power sector, Nepa has 6 months to achieve 24 hour light
Day 2.- Minimum wage rises to 200k
Day 3- Appoint Sowore as chairman of Inec and Farotimi at Judicial reforms commission
Day 4- Elumelu and Dangote appointed to take Nigerian economy to trillion dollar level
Day 5- Sovereign conference on regional harmony inaugurated
Day 6- Israel appointed to advise on insecurity
Day 7- Subsidies for the masses in education, health and agriculture
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by VeeVeeMyLuv(f): 2:06pm On Oct 05, 2025
Put all politicians aka politically exposed persons on the minimum wage
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by peleson1: 2:11pm On Oct 05, 2025
I will reduce the number of senators to 5 only and house of reps to only 7 people.


These national Assembly people don't finish nigeria kpatakpata


Mandate every counsellor in Nigeria to build animal husbandry to rear goat,foul and mega poutry farm , mega fish farm and pigetry.
Then I will mandate every LGA chairman to build mega ranch to rear cows in every LGA in Nigeria for food sustainability and export and mandate all governors to build three mechanism mega farm settlements to produce, process foods gotten from all various farms including that of their councilors and LGA chairman and push them into local and international markets and have good reserve in every LGA.

Use the profit to fund health care for citizens ,
Invest in education,
Approach Russia government to join Nigeria with Niger republican in the nuclear power plant they have initiated in Niger republic since that country has many uranium deposit ,we get steady electricity from the nuclear power plant

Encourage more refineries to be built in Nigeria.

Go into agreement with South Korea, Taiwan to development electronics village in Rivers state to produce chips ,micro chips and TV,radio and other electronics in Nigeria.

Change our syllabus to make Spanish and Portuguese language compulsory to open up Nigerians to opportunities in South American countries.

Make sure that every oil sale or other large export that money are being paid in naira to increase our value on naira


Make sure that I produce rice locally and also import rice largely to reduce and crash the price of bags of rice because other food items depend on the price of rice to decrease or increase.


Once price of rice increases, other food items follow to increase .

Make education compulsary.

Make sure every religious leader or pastor or I am attend a crash course on what to preach to help nation building.

No preacher is permitted to talk any how or preach what will cause social disorder



Infact .

I will change nigeria.


I will change electoral process,
I will digitalise election with thumb printing . No more ojoro .

Digitalise census and block every forest route in and out of Nigeria.

Create forest guards and forest army to take care of our forest and purge them of all terrorists.

Sentence every terrorist to death ,

Create state police and ban certain people from politics and public office, persons like wike, buhari,Tinubu etc are not meant to hold public offices .

Create a political academy where every politician who wants to seek a public office will attend and graduate , there their characters will be shaped to be selfless , to serve the Nigeria people and never to be involved in corruption and once found guilty will be faced with death sentence.

Death sentence to every Nigerian politician dead or alive found to be guilty of corruption


Many things dey my mind but let me stop here
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by stancydg: 2:16pm On Oct 05, 2025
Shut down every ministry to declare a state of emergency on the power sector, solving that issue once and for all. Every other thing including education, security, economy and productivity etc all revolve around and are powered by that singular sector..
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by Ezechimaobim(m): 2:16pm On Oct 05, 2025
I dey will share every household 1 billion each. Make everyone soft first.
That's on first day.
Second day I will arrest and jail all the past leaders for being so heartless and wicked.
From 3rd day ideas and advices can start coming in so that we can forge ahead .
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by mosicola(m): 2:16pm On Oct 05, 2025
The first paragraph of my speech is to thank Nigerians for electing me.
The second paragraph is to sign an executive order making the price of per nyuu to be 500 as was obtainable during the regime of Jonathan. Also I will build more asha*wo quarters to accommodate the teeming population of youths that will queue in, especially nairaland guys way dey sleep for ashi quarters
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by crusufixo(m): 2:17pm On Oct 05, 2025
I would focus on stoping the ridiculous financisl wastages in the government, especially the excessive allowance the government officials are given.....
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by PotatoSalad(m): 2:18pm On Oct 05, 2025
Death sentence for all corrupt politicians.
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by correctyourself(m): 2:22pm On Oct 05, 2025
I will reduce customs duties and allow more tokunbo cars come in., all the duties would be paid with just page form payment made online by clicking car category e.g. car, truck, bus and and it would sum-up total amount to pay.take print-out to customs confirmation amd your car is ready for release same day
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by tfelicityk(m): 2:22pm On Oct 05, 2025
Reloadedisraelp:
na people wey suppose lead Nigeria be this ....very quality idea.. cool
If every house of representatives, senators and local government Chairmen are upgrading their community health facilities and infrastructure within their constituency
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by phorget(m): 2:28pm On Oct 05, 2025
Softmirror:
I can only sense a feeling of being offended by my sincerity.

Those killing Igbos in the South East are not Fulanis. Gentle Yahoo and his likes are not Fulani.
I am wondering why you choose not happy. I will gladly allow Igbos to have their own separate country if I become President today.
I have never been against anyone having a separate country neither have I been in support, I only pointed out the fault in your choice.
Now let me get this straight, would you rather prefer someone destroying his own home or someone destroying his home and also destroying yours?The gentle Jack you mentioned is basically stationed in the SE and has not in anyway affected you whike the Fulani I mentioned are gradually encroaching to the SE through Kwara State route.

Nigeria is actually a funny country, their sense of judgement always baffles me. This is how hateful we can be in this country, a country that arrested Kanu who only threatened, but same Nigeria would prefer dialoguing with terrorists that actually carry out both threats and killing. This is strange though.
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by exalt2009: 2:31pm On Oct 05, 2025
I will fight insecurity and Boko haram for the one week
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by omisanjo(m): 2:32pm On Oct 05, 2025
To be realistic nobody can change anything as president in one week. All those saying they will improve electricity and free education should understand that primary education and secondary education is being controlled by the state and to improve electricity have to do with improving generating capacity and transmission and dealing with subsidy in the power sector. Most youth of today can't run ordinary shop Cos they lack the experience not to talk of governing a complex country like naija with various political, cultural, ethnic, religious and personal biases. Talk is cheap.
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by DARLYNBOI: 2:33pm On Oct 05, 2025
1. Security
2. Electricity/power
3. Agriculture
4. Judiciary-no one above the law
5. Education
6. Health system
7. Electoral reform
Re: If You Were Nigeria’s President For One Week, What Would You Change First? by ChristineC: 2:35pm On Oct 05, 2025
Nigeria can never work without a transparent electoral process and under the current system of government in practice.

whatever you change outside these will be a complete waste of everybody's time.
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