Adekunle

If Peter Obi wins the 2027 election, his first 100 days would probably shake Nigeria in ways many people are not ready for. Not miracles. Not overnight change. But visible disruption. Here are 20 things most likely to happen early: 1. Government spending will reduce aggressively. Expect fewer convoys, fewer luxury expenses, fewer unnecessary foreign trips. 2. Ministries and agencies may face serious audits. A lot of hidden contracts and inflated budgets could suddenly become public conversations. 3. Subsidy discussions will return immediately. Nigerians may face short-term pain before any long-term structure appears. 4. The naira might react emotionally first before economically. Supporters will celebrate. Investors will watch cautiously. 5. Some politicians who survived on “connection money” may suddenly go quiet. 6. Young Nigerians will become unusually hopeful again. Social media energy alone could change national mood temporarily. 7. There’ll be strong resistance from powerful interests inside government institutions. 8. Expect tension between old political elites and a reform-driven presidency. 9. Federal appointments may become less “godfather based” and more competence focused — at least publicly. 10. ASUU, universities and education funding may receive faster attention than usual. 11. Nigerians abroad may start reconsidering returning home if policies look stable. 12. Corruption cases could increase dramatically in headlines during the first months. 13. Some governors may suddenly become “friends of transparency” overnight. 14. The civil service could experience pressure to digitize operations faster. 15. There may be attempts to cut waste in National Assembly spending, and that alone would create national drama. 16. The stock market may respond positively to stability signals, especially if foreign investors regain confidence. 17. Fuel prices may still remain painful initially, which could disappoint people expecting instant relief. 18. Media attacks against him would intensify heavily once reforms start touching powerful pockets. 19. Nigerians would become more politically divided online than ever before. Supporters and critics would clash daily. 20. The biggest change may not even be money. It may simply be Nigerians feeling like leadership is finally trying to look responsible again. A New Nigeria is Possible.

WE COULD HAVE BEEN SENEGAL TOO Shall I Begin? The night before the dawn of 2022, Nigeria had already written her own obituary - the budget told the ugly truth our rulers were too shy to admit. Nigeria initially budgeted for N443 Billion for fuel subsidy payment. Before the year shut its eyes, the government returned seeking an additional N4.39 Trillion Naira. Ten billion dollars. For appropriate context: The entire national budget for year 2022 under review was N17.3 Trillion. A staggering N4.39 Trillion of that was budgeted just for an unproductive, wasteful and retrogressive subsidy regime. Approximately 20% of our national budget squandered just to sustain an expensive lie of a cheap fuel to earn the applause of a largely ignorant population. For a more effective context and this is where it gets interesting or should I say annoying: The budgetary allocation for: Health - N711B Education - N1.3T Infrastructure (Transport, Works, Power, etc) - 1.45T Housing - N500B COMBINED - N3.97T But Fuel Subsidy alone was N4.39 Trillion - Far higher than the 4 most critical sectors of the economy combined. The rot was more expensive than the remedy. The poison was better funded than the cure. Generation after generation, we fed the trap and called it governance. By 2023, the calculations had grown obscene. N18.4 Billion per day. Not for teachers. Not for surgeons. Not for asphalt or electricity or the crying farmer under a failed irrigation system. Just - fuel subsidy. Every single day. Madness. No wonder our Universities were poorly funded and went on strike for a cumulative 59 Months between 1999 - 2023. No wonder our infrastructure decayed without renovations and reinvestment and no federal road was motorable. No wonder our hospitals became glorified mortuaries due to poor funding and inadequate investment. No wonder km long fuel queues consistently plagued us. No wonder State governors became professional beggars going bowls in hand to the Villa for bail outs just to meet salary obligations. No wonder that even at the height of our oil prosperity, we still couldn't record formidable achievements. Until a true leader emerged and did what cowards catalogue as impossible. He took the bull by the horns - bare-handed, in broad daylight, before a nation that had mistaken poison for provision. He damned the consequences. Risked the applause. Staked his re-election on an altar and courageously pulled the trigger. He removed the subsidy. And with that singular, seismic, long-overdue act - he did not just balance a budget. He lanced a boil that had been festering for four decades. He healed the nation of its fastest-spreading cancer, even as the patient screamed that the surgery was the disease. Without that decision, Nigeria today would not merely be struggling. Nigeria would be a cautionary tale that other cautionary tales whisper about - worse than Senegal. And yet - it was Senegal who got the young president. The photogenic revolutionary. The crowd's favourite. The one Twitter fell in love with. Good Evening Severally...

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