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Nigeria's challenges lie in its leadership, as highlighted in Fela Kuti's music and Chinua Achebe's literary works, particularly in "The Trouble with Nigeria." Achebe posits that the root of the Nigerian problem is the inability or reluctance of leaders to uphold the ideals of authentic leadership, such as leading by example and taking responsibility. Shockingly, three decades after the book's release, the situation in Nigeria has only deteriorated. This article highlights how Nigerian politics often lack issue-based policies and ideological principles. This void allows influential individuals and interest groups to exploit the lack of coherence through political godfatherism, which enables them to maintain their hold on power and resources. To address this, there are specific steps that you can take.

@DrOaikhena I mean look at the face on that poster and tell me how on earth any reasonable person thought he was presidential material by any means. This is the problem, we kept digging the holes deeper for ourselves, and then turned around to complain.

Aneemals believed this empty head had anything to offer. Low IQ 1diots.

@dkrakue @DrOaikhena It's a mental issue. I strongly believe it to be a psychological problem.

@DrOaikhena It is how Nigerians are applauding the tomfoolery in his comment section that is mind boggling. How do you applaud part of your problems as a nation? Nigeria and its citizens have a long way to go.

A billionaire that can't demand for a better environment in his own country is a poor man. Your money means nothing if you can only spend it in another country. Shame on you all. I no rate una. Nonsense.

@DrOaikhena Black man, who did you say did this to you? Even with all the money, it still shows they're no different from the rest of us.

We Africans need to start reflecting on our lives and experiences. We should pause and ask, “who are we really”? And what happened during colonialism? We often believe we have an identity because we belong to a “tribe” or follow a religion. However, we need to address what happened to our ancestors, grandparents, and parents, and the trauma we inherited. Proper therapy and healing of our identities are essential. Most importantly, we must ensure that what happened in the past never happens again.

@ChidiOdinkalu @UniIbadan @inecnigeria I don’t do tribal, ethnic, or religion biase politics. There is a reason why 99% of responses here came from Yoruba urchins, and I know why. Do you want me to name it?

@ChidiOdinkalu @UniIbadan @inecnigeria In a regime of certificate forgers, stats like that shouldn’t come as a surprise.

So 58 out of 146 students in the law faculty at @UniIbadan supposedly made 1st class? That is like 40% of the class? It is either a class spectacularly littered with geniuses or @inecnigeria now awards the grades in the faculty. Congratulations to #INEC.

@magnificdude Jimmy are you on the wrong space? 😂😂

This is very important. Come out and make your voice heard, it is your constitutional right. You have a chance to hold your leaders accountable, use it well.

@Peter4Nigeria You’re doing a great job Peter. Keep the pressure on.

The Plan is to Steal Our Mandate Nigerians, We Must Mobilize and Resist it❗️ MANDATORY REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF RESULTS NO BUTS❗️ NIGERIANS WAKE UP AND INSIST 2027 = OUR VOTES MUST COUNT❗️ #ElectoralReform #transmittheresults

@General_Oluchi This is correct

What you called “ogwu ego” (blood money) back in the day was just drug pushing, 419, money doubling scheme, and money laundering. When internet arrived, they switched to cyber scam.

All we need is a transparent electoral system and an INEC that is truly independent. Every other permutation is agreeing and accepting the corrupt status quote. What happened in 2023 was a broad day light electoral heist, a complete robbery. One place where POs vote didn’t count the most was in the North. They colluded, and robbed him off. I don’t say this blindly. The votes of the Igbos in the North were suppressed. Ask them and they will tell you. From polling station to polling station, in places where they gathered in their numbers and cast the votes they found a completely lower numbers announced. These are things we should channel our energies to. And if it feels unsurmountable to us then we are not ready yet. We are always looking for saviours and easy paths.

SE has the lowest number of voters in Nigeria. Only SE can't make PO president. Twice, Buhari didn't need our votes to win, same as Tinubu. It's time to love our assumed enemies else we #KeepPointingNorth when PO fails again next year. Emotions and sentiments don't win you elections in Africa, and nobody is coming to save you. Power is taken, not given. Nobody will give you party ticket because you are Igbo, or the best.

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MANDATORY REAL-TIME TRANSMISSION OF RESULTS IS WHAT WE DEMAND AND MUST BE DONE❗️ Dear @SenGodswill and the 10th Senate OUR VOTES MUST COUNT AND NIGERIA WOULD PREVAIL❗️ Nigeria MOBILIZE AND DEMAND THAT THE RIGHT THING BE DONE NOW❗️ ALUTA…✊🏽 #ElectoralReform #transmittheresults

Nigerians don’t fall for this. Dino is part of the click, he’s just good at pretending he is on your side. So since after that election day, he disappeared. Only to come here now to massage your emotions. Don’t be fooled by their performances. He lacks consistency and the innocence to be taken serious. Be wise people!

IN AN UNJUST SOCIETY, SILENCE IS A CRIME. ONLY IF I HAD SUPPORT THAT DAY,WE WILL NOT BE HERE. BAD PEOPLE RULE WHEN GOOD PEOPLE KEEP SILENT. ALL DIE NA DIE.

@General_Oluchi Semper, Fidelis if you know

Did you live in a boarding house? Mention your school and find your mates.

@Oscardynefitnes @YouTube Is this not what we discussed @TheCatalystpods yesterday?

Low self esteem is the problem of Africans by prof L. Paul #burkinafaso... youtube.com/shorts/b6I5AsG… via @YouTube

@winexviv 💯 and I guess most people know this but can this be achieved if the government cooperates?

I’ve thought about this for a long time and I think we’re lying to ourselves. The real difference between first-world countries and countries like Nigeria is not intelligence, not resources, not even corruption. It’s order. In places that work, rules are boring because they’re enforced. In Nigeria, rules are suggestions because nothing happens. You can break traffic laws. Nothing happens. You can jump queues. Nothing happens. You can ignore deadlines. Nothing happens. So people learn early: do whatever you like. Yet we expect miracles later. We teach kids alphabets and numbers from Nursery 1, but we don’t teach consequences, fairness, time, or respect for systems. So we raise smart people who still destroy systems. If we’re serious about becoming a proper country in 20 years, this has to start in school from Nursery 1. Order. Rules. Rewards. Consequences.

@lamidex2 @atiku You should write more 👍🏿

Do not seek refuge beneath the moral canopy of Peter Obi. His goodwill is not a cloak for political absolution, nor is it a disinfectant for a past steeped in the very rot Nigerians are desperate to escape. You and Peter Obi are not one, cannot be one, and will never be confused by any honest mind,the difference is neither subtle nor cosmetic; it is moral, ideological, and existential. Peter Obi represents rupture. You represent continuity. He signifies restraint, prudence, and a clean break from the banquet of excess; you are a relic of the same banquet,an enduring beneficiary of the same diseased order that has bled this nation dry. You are not the antidote to Nigeria’s affliction; you are an inflamed appendage of the same leprous limb that has crippled her for decades. Do not attempt to launder a compromised legacy through borrowed credibility. History does not permit such fraud. If there is a cross to bear, it is yours alone,earned by years of entanglement with the machinery of decay. Carry it without conscripting the innocent. Carry it without pretending that a new Nigeria can be midwifed by old hands soaked in old sins. Nigeria is yearning for departure, not recycling. For healing, not rebranding. And no amount of coalition arithmetic can blur the clear moral line between what was, and what must never be again.

Dear Everest, Anyone who insults Obi or Atiku do not mean well for the leaders, the Coalition ADC and for Nigeria and Nigerians. The only persons who benefit from such a civil war are the APC urban bandits who want to maintain the satanic status quo. We are better together!

If individuals in your position took responsibility for their actions, you would acknowledge your part in creating that “satanic” APC and seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to restore your image by listening to the majority of Nigerians. Right now, you find yourself at a crossroads. My advice is: don’t be the cause of Nigeria remaining in a coma for the second time. Making a mistake once is forgivable, but repeating the same error no longer qualifies as a mistake—it becomes sabotage to Nigeria’s progress, and it will be remembered for a long time.

@velele17 We have serious integrity problems in Nigeria.