NIGERIA, LOOK BEYOND THE ELECTIONS.
Nigeria, elections matter, but elections are not enough.
A ballot can change the occupant of an office, but it cannot, by itself, change the spirit of a people. Our crisis is no longer sitting only in Aso Rock; it has entered our institutions, our marketplaces, our homes, our pulpits and our consciences.
If we change the man at the top without confronting the appetites beneath him, we will only give an old order a new face.
There are seasons in the life of a nation when GOD does more than replace a government. HE begins a deeper work of deliverance, reformation and national realignment. But in Scripture, such transitions were often preceded by a cry. Before change appeared in the palace, it was conceived in the groaning of a people and carried upon the altar of intercession.
Before Moses stood before Pharaoh, Israel groaned under the weight of Egypt, and their cry came up before GOD. GOD remembered HIS covenant and raised a deliverer. But Moses was not sent merely to remove Pharaoh; he was sent to bring a people into the purposes of GOD.
It took one night to bring Israel out of Egypt, but it took years of divine dealings to confront the Egypt that remained inside Israel.
This is where the matter becomes serious.
A Pharaoh can leave the throne while Egypt remains in the hearts of the people. The name at the top can change while corruption, tribalism, greed, injustice and the love of dishonest gain continue to govern the nation from underneath.
The book of Judges reveals this painful cycle. Whenever oppression became unbearable, Israel cried unto the LORD, and GOD raised deliverers—Othniel, Ehud, Gideon, Jephthah and others—to break the yoke upon the people.
But after the death of the judge, the people frequently returned to their former ways.
They cried because bondage had become painful, but they did not always repent because idolatry had become hateful. They wanted relief from the consequences of their rebellion without the transformation of the appetites that made them compatible with bondage.
Their cry produced deliverance, but the absence of repentance made preservation difficult.
A nation can hate its suffering and still love the sins that keep producing it. A people can desire freedom without possessing the discipline required to preserve it.
This is why Nigeria needs more than another election, another movement or another powerful personality. We need a genuine cry from the Church, leaders seized by divine necessity and a people willing to undergo the dealings required for a new order.
There is a cry that comes from discomfort, and there is a cry that comes from repentance. One only asks GOD to remove the pain; the other asks HIM to remove everything within us that keeps reproducing the pain.
Our cry must go beyond economic frustration and political disappointment. It must become a priestly acknowledgement that we have also contributed to the condition of this nation.
We cannot demand accountability from the government while treating accountability as rebellion within our churches. We cannot condemn the mismanagement of public funds while refusing to explain how resources are administered among ourselves. We cannot pray against tribalism in the nation while allowing tribal preferences to determine honour, access and opportunities within the Body of CHRIST.
We condemn corruption when it excludes us, but call it favour when our connections make it work for us. We curse dishonest leaders, yet celebrate dishonest wealth once the man who possesses it brings an offering to our altar.
The Church cannot be the prophet of a nation while refusing to stand before the mirror of GOD’S Word.
“For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of GOD.”
Whenever GOD prepares a nation for transition, HE often begins by restoring the altar and correcting the priesthood.
Debunking the Phantom Debts and Ecological Loan Fallacy
My attention has been drawn to trending claims by the Anambra State Government that my administration left behind inherited debts, including a ₦2 billion ecological loan, contractor liabilities, and unpaid salaries, gratuities, and pensions. This is completely false.
We systematically liquidated historical gratuities and arrears dating back several years, amounting to over ₦35 billion. At the point of handover, the state owed nothing in salaries, gratuities, or pensions, nor did we owe anything to any contractor for projects duly executed and certified.
The ₦2 billion ecological fund in question was released barely three months before the end of my tenure for the Oko/Umuchiana erosion crisis. Despite pressure to spend the money, I refused, insisting that it should be left for my successor because government is a continuum and the funds were tied to a specific project.
The money was therefore left 100 per cent intact in First Bank, in Account No. 2018779464, with a balance of over ₦2.13 billion.
It is important to stress that funds tied to specific projects or set aside for particular purposes were not even included in the over ₦75 billion in savings we left behind.
If anybody can establish anything to the contrary, I will stop campaigning. -PO
“One of the pilots who flew me said I gave him a scholarship to learn how to fly. A Reverend Father who preached here also said he benefited from my scholarship, even though I have never met him before. I want a country where people can attain certain positions without knowing anyone. I once met a man working at a restaurant in Abuja who said he was a first-class graduate, how can someone with such qualifications be in that position? Any contractor who can come forward with evidence that they received a contract under my government and that I asked for a percentage from the money of the contract, I will quit politics.”
— Mr. Peter Obi
Only him had used deep poverty to cure problems
Fuel queues — gone. because he took fuel drive from 160 to 1400 in just 3 years. Let’s see if your father can afford it let alone queue for it
ASUU strikes — gone. He captured the agency, dissolved all bodies, took away educational fundings. Within 3 years, most schools had more than 300% increase in school fees. Poor man dropping from school. Yet no one could speak for them because he destroyed all the agencies that can speak before hitting them with pain
State bankruptcies — Worsening. We just kept borrowing more and more WITH NO RESULT. Before, if govt borrows, they’ll try to do something for citizens before stealing the rest. This one steals with impunity. Award 3.3 trillion to power (the same) project 3 times in 3 years with nothing better.
Electricity — people now pay more than 300% increase for the same uselessness. An average Nigeria can’t even guarantee a 12 hour electricity in a day. With all the money said to have been pumped in this sector. This is a big shame.
Insecurity — Worse than ever before. Now police don’t even interfere in kidnapping again. They just ask you to pay ransom.
Private sector exits — Worsened. Almost all companies had exited Nigeria
NGX decline — Naira had gone all time low. He took it from about 400 to 1400. More than 300% decrease
Food inflation — so bad than a Tiber of yam has to be cut in slices for Nigerians to be able to afford it.
I didn’t even know how much of a failure this man is until I realized you didn’t even have anything good he did to campaign.
This is the Worst President ever in the history of Nigeria. We all should be angry and ensure he doesn’t see that sit again
On my last Twitter account, I mentioned a 230k credit I received in an account I had never used, paid in error to me by some stranger. I told sm1 while I processed the return via the bank & she said “If I were the one, I won’t return it because it’s from God”
“No Steady Power in Four Years, No Second Term” – Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu’s campaign promise in 2022 was clear: “If I do not provide steady electricity in my first four years, do not vote for me for a second term.” Yet, in January 2026 alone, the national grid has already collapsed twice, and the month is not even over. Last year, it collapsed about twelve times. This reality sharply contradicts the promise and should worry every patriotic Nigerian.
At the same time, the President is on another foreign trip, this time to Turkey, a country of about 87 million people—roughly a third of Nigeria’s population. Yet Turkey generates and distributes over 120,000 megawatts of electricity, while Nigeria struggles with less than 5% of that capacity. The contrast is both striking and painful.
Our appeal is simple: stay at home and confront the nation’s problems. At this rate, we may soon hear of trips to Palau or Vanuatu while critical issues remain unattended at home.
And yet, our collective preoccupation seems to be the next election, rather than how to secure good governance. We should be joining hands to demand accountability and responsible leadership, and to save Nigerians from the indignity and suffering caused by persistent bad governance
A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO