Q: Why is it so easy to criticise and have a plan till you get into government? 🤔
A: Because outside govt, you see the problem in straight lines. Inside government, you meet the maze.
From outside, failure often looks like a lack of will, competence, courage, or integrity. Sometimes it is. But inside government, plans meet weak institutions, inherited liabilities, vested interests, procurement rules, courts, legislators, budget limits, security realities, civil service inertia, and the politics of timing.
Culture happens, stories begin and self-preservation agendas find life.
The easiest sentence in public life is: “They should just fix it.” The harder truth is that the state is not one person with one button. It is a network of laws, interests, fears, incentives, sabotage, capacity gaps, and consequences.
Still, complexity is not an excuse for failure. Government exists to organise complexity into results. The real test of leadership is whether a plan survives contact with reality, adapts without losing its moral centre, and delivers relief citizens can feel.
So, I have learnt to appreciate progress, momentum and incremental gains..... not the eldorado version.
Yet, criticism keeps power honest, but getting results for desired governance requires more than criticism. It requires getting involved, sequencing, coalition-building, courage, competence, communication, and the humility to accept that the problem was deeper than the slogan.
The code is to win by knowing when to lose, win or compromise.
On a scale we can all relate wirh, we should for example know that the wedding, of which we priotise expenses with, is just an event, while the marriage remains the institution of priority. Even within this family arrangement, optimising value reflects similar challenges.😔 You can read this in a way you get the message.
Be ye circumspect.....
Iranian media publishes:
"In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful."
"Permission is given to those who are being fought because they have been wronged, and indeed Allah is Powerful to give them victory."
NOTIFICATION OF MY WEDDING.
I am delighted to inform you about my wedding ceremony which is scheduled to hold on Saturday, 22nd November, 2025.
You are therefore, cordially invited to attend the wedding fatiha which will in shaa Allah takes place by 2:00pm...
The ES has tampered with the official list of approved beneficiaries — removing students with valid award letters and replacing them with others who never received official approval from the board.
This is a clear act of corruption and favoritism against genuine beneficiaries.
THREAD: PETITION TO EFCC OVER DIVERSION OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS IN KADUNA STATE
1️⃣ My name is Abdullahi Yunusa Alkah, a 500-level Law student of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) — and a beneficiary of the Kaduna State Government Scholarship Scheme.