Lord Ping

Pharmacist/ microbiologist, simple man by nature..lover of God

[Aisha Yesufu @AishaYesufu]

Dear Senator Henry Seriake Dickson @iamHSDickson
While I take my time to properly address your allusion of me not playing by the rules which I consider very disingenuous seeing how I followed the process and even when you had insisted there would be no primaries for senate I let things go and asked my teeming supporters to focus on the bigger picture, I toured the FCT pacifying my supporters and party people who rightfully felt disrespected as they were all waiting at their respective headquarters for primaries that never happened.  (I played field politics, I never waited for anyone to give me ticket), I would like you as the National leader to watch this video again!

This part of the interview was so painfully appalling to watch. It looked as if you were insecure and in competition with your Presidential Candidate. Your first one on one interview after primaries and instead of selling your candidates and giving confidence to people on how set the road to winning the 2027 election was, you made it about yourself.

With all due respect sir, it looks as if you consider the NDC a Special Purpose Vehicle whose aim has been achieved just by being registered instead of a Political Party whose aim is to win the 2027 General election decisively!!!! The registration of NDC should be a means to an end and not an end in itself.

As a leader of a Political party, your number one job in that interview was to pacify aspirants many of whom are rightfully aggrieved and secondly to call on supporters to bear with the party and support it but you ended up antagonising the very people you would need to win election. Every vote counts! A leader must stoop to conquer!

No one can take away your leadership of NDC, no one is interested in that! The focus is on Nigeria is winning the 2027 election!
It looked as if you are fighting a war no one is waging with you. You don't have anything to prove to anyone, just lead! It is also interesting how as a leader i see you shifting the blame with any process that doesn't go well or is called out. Even in this statement below, you did! Take all responsibility! The party is young. It was overwhelmed. Mistakes will be made. Accepting the mistakes and being accountable is how the party will get better.

There is a whole battle ahead of us. Rescuing Nigeria from the current state it is in, should be the main focus not people's fragile ego!

Let me round up with some words from Jim Rohn: IF WHAT YOU DID YESTERDAY IS STILL LOOKING BIG TO YOU TODAY, THEN YOU ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH!!!

[Lord Ping @Lordping4]

@bubebarrywhyte3 Behind vet mountain,

[Parallel Facts @ParallelFacts]

Under Tinubu, Nigeria Retains Position As Worst Place To Live On Earth In 2026 https://t.co/MRoDjxxLkB

[Nigeria Democratic Congress @NigeriaNDCHQ]

Unopposed ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼

[Lord Ping @Lordping4]

@praizeemeka S. U. MEMBER TILL DATE

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

Debt Servicing, Borrowing, and Nigeria’s Fiscal Priorities

During his recent foreign tour, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu stated that Nigeria will spend about $11.6 billion on debt servicing, a figure that should concern anyone interested in the country’s economic future and long-term development.

There is nothing inherently wrong with borrowing when it is guided by prudence and directed toward productive investment. Countries such as Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, and Indonesia are all heavily indebted, yet their borrowings are largely channelled into education, healthcare, infrastructure, and innovation - sectors that generate long-term economic returns and sustain repayment capacity. As a result, despite high debt levels, their obligations remain more manageable because they are tied to measurable productivity.

Nigeria’s situation, however, is markedly different. A huge proportion of past borrowing has been directed toward consumption, with limited visible or sustainable developmental outcomes to justify the scale of indebtedness.

It is also important to note that a huge portion of the debt currently being serviced was accumulated under the Tinubu administration itself, while borrowing has continued at a significant pace. The administration’s recent external borrowing alone includes about $6 billion (from First Abu Dhabi Bank in the UAE—$5 billion, and UK Export Finance via Citibank London—$1 billion), a further $1.25 billion under consideration from the World Bank, and an additional $516 million arranged through Deutsche Bank, bringing the latest known external loan commitments to roughly $7.8 billion. In addition, domestic borrowing through monthly bond issuances continues to add to the overall debt stock.

Against this backdrop, Nigeria’s 2026 budget shows that health is ₦2.46 trillion, education is ₦2.56 trillion, and poverty alleviation is ₦865 billion, giving a combined total of about ₦5.885 trillion for these three critical sectors. By comparison, debt servicing at about $11.6 billion (approximately ₦17–₦18 trillion, depending on exchange rate assumptions) is almost three times higher than the total allocation to health, education, and social protection combined. This imbalance highlights a troubling fiscal reality in which debt obligations increasingly crowd out investment in human capital and poverty reduction. Moreover, even within the limited allocations to these sectors, funds may not be fully released, and a significant portion of what is eventually released could be misappropriated.

Ultimately, the central issue is not borrowing itself, but whether borrowed funds are being converted into measurable productivity, inclusive growth, and improved living standards. Without this, debt servicing shifts from being a temporary fiscal obligation to a long-term structural burden that constrains development and deepens economic vulnerability.

A New Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

I'll also say this as someone who grew up on the nice side of the barbed wire fences and high gates in the very nice part of town where the Nigerian 0.1% live - learn to touch grass and worry about yourself because rich people really do not care about you. Like, at all.

The Nigerian rich don't even like each other. They barely tolerate one another and make practical alliances to preserve wealth and influence. And now that the economy is too small to support all the children of the Nigerian 0.1%, nearly everyone I grew up with in the nice, leafy part of town now lives in Toronto or London or wherever. You, Mr N250k/month Union Bank contract staff are not part of rich people's thinking at all.

At. All.

The rich have no plans for you. They have no plans to create opportunities for you. They have no plans to fix the things they broke on their way to building that N1bn townhouse in Parkview Estate. They have no plans to contribute towards making society better. If Satan came from Hell with a tail and horns growing out of his head and he ran for political office, the rich would all go make deals with him - because in the world of the rich, the only thing that matters is their own interests, and making sure that they never, EVER have to live like you or next to you.

So all this simping and vicarious fawning over wealth and fame that you people do everyday is the most redundant thing in the world - the rich have no intention of expanding their circle to let you in, and they have no intention of enabling the conditions for you to create your own independent circle of wealth. The only thing the rich need from you is to be poor and obedient, so that your labour can be cheap, plentiful and replaceable.

Statistically as a Nigerian, you will NEVER be rich or close to it. You will NEVER live in Maitama. 99.99% of Nigerians who have existed since 1960 have prayed and fantasised about becoming rich, and 99.99% of those prayers and fantasies never came true. That's just math. You will never be a rich and famous celebrity. You will never be a successful content creator. You will never make millions shilling crypto, trading Forex, sports betting, or whatever the fuck is the latest quick wealth fantasy in town. It's just not going to happen.

That being the case, a much more constructive use of your time would be to fight for the material elevation of what you actually have, where you actually have it. Instead of daydreaming about the N300m house in Lekki that 3 generations of your family cannot buy, get involved in a local effort to give your own immediate neighbourhood a facelift, or a political campaign to pressure the state to build high quality social housing.

If you hate being harassed without consequence online, instead of vicariously enjoying how a celebrity has used their wealth and influence to jail someone for making a horrid tweet, fight for a judiciary and legal system that is transparent and accessible to all, so that a singer living in the UK on a global talent visa doesn't get to have more access to your Nigerian justice system than you who lives in Nigeria 24/7.

Instead of building your mental architecture around the false idea of being a "temporarily embarrassed millionaire" who will someday take your rightful place on Banana Island, touch grass tonight and accept that it will never happen, and what you need to do instead is fight for where you are to become a better, more liveable place that you no longer wish to escape from. Stop cosplaying as rich folk. Stop cooing and fawning over rich folk. Stop daydreaming about someday "blowing up" and buying a house next to Burna Boy. Rich people have no intention of sharing their world with you. Free yourself from the tyranny of living vicariously through people who don't care that you exist.

Them no really send any part of your papa at all.

[Nwa Afara @Kelvin2059876]

You'll have more chances fighting for access to electricity,tap water,good roads, clean drainage systems,proper waste disposal in your local government and villages,than actually making it big aka "blowing" to go and live in lekki or fct,this applies to ass kissing rich people too, they'll simply use you and discard you,the only way a poor man can move up in a country like Nigeria where the wealth disparity between the rich and the poor is astronomically wide is for the said poor people to focus on what they can control, while eliminating wishful thinking, daydreaming and hoping that one day they'll blow and be among the top 1 percent,most of what they pray for or hope for are just basic things a sane society should have eg public housing within walking distance closer to a green park, steady electricity and a well planned urban city with efficient public transportation.

[Lord Ping @Lordping4]

@Akindeleom77461 @Wizarab10 Try ibadan

[Omooba 🇳🇬 @AAtobs]

I support Peter Obi because he is a thinker. And when a thinker also has willpower, such a person becomes unstoppable.

When he said he would be on the ballot in 2027, they downplayed his ability to ensure that. They are deceived by the sound of his voice and ignored him. They thought they could box him into ADC. They refused to register his political party and frustrated his efforts for reconciliation in the Labor party. Yet he rises.

For those that knew Anambra’s politics before he became the governor and how he was able to silence the Uba brothers and other political gatekeepers without sacrificing the state’s treasury to assuage their egos then you know the man get coconut head. The only political person that has been able to profile him very well is Ayo Fayose. Others kept underestimating him. They think you become an international billionaire by being stupid.

Una go learn lessons.

[Esther Umoh @EstherUmoh10]

NDC is OK ✌🏻

[Kelvin Novo @KelOnovo]

Don’t say anything, just retweet.

If APC wants to be re-elected again, show them this:

[King Tunde Ednut @CubanaObi66102]

If you are voting for Peter Obi and Kwankwaso ticket in 2027, Kindly say Hi Let's promote your accounts...

[Lord Ping @Lordping4]

See how all of us dey wait @PeterObi .
Are we moving Sir

[Lord Ping @Lordping4]

@chosensomto We've heard.. now rest

[Amechi Ozoemena @amechi_ozoemena]

Peter Obi is an institution hoha.
The whole country is on a stand still because of political body language of a man.
Okwute, e sure for u.🤩

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

Everyone is refreshing Peter Obi's timeline.

His acclaimed haters, more. Very interesting.

By far, the most influential African politician.

Should he win 2027, Nigeria will come under new light in terms of Africa's politics.

Just maybe, we start getting respected again.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

When Borrowing is Leprosy and cancerous.

Mr. President, borrowing is not only a leprosy, but a killer cancer when it is borrowed for consumption and not production as it is in Nigeria today.

Borrowing for consumption slowly eats away at the health, reputation, and autonomy of a nation. One of the major “leprosy” afflicting Nigeria today is not just debt, but debt without productivity. Debt that is not tied to measurable economic value. Debt that does not translate into jobs, growth, or improved living standards for the Nigerian people.

No serious economy borrows recklessly. Nations borrow with discipline, with purpose, and with a clear plan for repayment through productive investment.

Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007 provides that “Any government in the Federation or its agencies and corporations desirous of borrowing shall, specify the purpose for which the borrowing is intended and present a cost-benefit analysis, detailing the economic and social benefits of the purpose to which the intended borrowing is to be applied”
Cost-benefit analysis must show how the loan would be applied, how it will impact economic growth and improve the welfare of Nigerian citizens in measurable ways.

Most of the borrowings by this government do not satisfy the requirements of law or the requirements of economic common sense. The humongous borrowing so far does not show how the projects for the loans enhance the productive capacity of the nation and the welfare of Nigerian citizens.

These loans are also dangerous because they burden the capacity of the Nigerian state to improve the economy in the future, as we have one of the world’s highest debt servicing ratios. What matters is not debt-GDP as much as debt-debt servicing ratio because the latter constrains our capacity to finance the sectors that drive human development and economic growth.

If the money is wrongly spent as we do in Nigeria currently, it becomes double jeopardy because you are using current revenue to service debts that did not add to revenue or improve capacity for more production in the future.

A responsible government does not merely defend borrowing; it explains it, justifies it, and most importantly, ensures it works for the people.

A new Nigeria is POssible. -PO

[Governor Amuneke @KevinblakC]

Say No to Xenophobia !!!

[Nemelum @tchinemelum]

Sit this one out, kiddo. She's speaking in a room filled with presidential candidates, former VP, former senate presidents, gorvenors, former governors, senators, ministers, multi-billion dollar business moguls.

When it's time to do okay v ewedu and "my lagos, not your lagos". We will call you