By Making Excuses for Unverified Certificates, We Are Planting Poison in the Soul of Our Society
A nation that tolerates unverified academic credentials at any level of leadership, regardless of who is involved, risks destroying the very standards upon which a society is built. The issue is not about an individual. It is about standards, accountability, and the values we choose to pass on to the next generation.
We cannot continue to excuse blurred, missing, questionable, or unverified credentials simply because they belong to someone we support. The process through which people attain positions of responsibility matters greatly. How we get into leadership is as important as what we do with leadership.
If we normalise the abandonment of basic verification today, tomorrow we may have professors who never attended a university, doctors who never studied medicine, and judges who never studied law.
That is the dangerous precedent we must never allow. Nigeria cannot sacrifice its future on the altar of today's transactional politics. We must build a society where truth is not partisan, standards are not negotiable, and accountability applies equally to everyone.
History will judge us not only by those we defended, but by the principles we were willing to defend. We must choose truth over convenience, standards over sentiments, and the future over political expediency.
A New Nigeria is possible, but only if we are willing to do the right thing, even when it is inconvenient. -PO
The Muslim leader in anambra state Garba Haruna debunks the propagandas & lies against Peter Obi that he drove northerners from anambra state when he was the governor.
Peter Obi will do well as Nigeria's president but because I am a Yoruba, I will still vote for Tinubu. I can’t betray my part. Peter will do well but I will not vote for him. I’m a yoruba I have to vote for Yoruba for a better country.
~A young Yoruba man
“Bola Tinubu has handed Nigeria over to the IMF and World Bank. Nigerians should not expect the hunger and economic hardship to end anytime soon.” — Femi Falana, SAN
2008 - $600,000 was N70m
2022 - $600,000 was N268m
The year of pestilence - $600,000 is almost N1b.
Removing Tinubu in 2027 election is a Rescue Nigeria Mission (RNM).
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TINUBU DID NOT JUST REMOVE SUBSIDY. HE REMOVED AFFORDABILITY.
And before you rush into my replies screaming “reforms,” answer one simple question:
How many things have become CHEAPER for the average Nigerian since May 2023?
Because Nigerians have received at least 10 different economic bills.
Let's count them.
1. FUEL.
“Subsidy is gone.”
Petrol skyrocketed.
Transportation followed.
Food followed.
Production followed.
Everything that moves eventually sent Nigerians an invoice.
Government saved subsidy money.
You became the subsidy.
2. THE NAIRA.
They “floated” the currency.
Beautiful economics.
Except your salary remained on the ground while the cost of imported goods flew.
Same ₦200k salary.
Different purchasing power.
They floated the naira.
Your salary sank.
3. ELECTRICITY.
Petrol became expensive.
So naturally you'd expect electricity to provide relief.
Wrong.
Band A tariffs jumped dramatically.
Generator expensive.
Grid expensive.
Diesel expensive.
Solar expensive.
Where exactly should businesses run?
4. DATA AND CALLS.
Then telecom tariffs were allowed to adjust by up to 50%.
Imagine building a “digital economy” while making digital access more expensive.
Your salary didn't rise 50%.
Your data could.
Welcome to reform.
5. EDUCATION.
Institutional charges increased across various universities.
Then came NELFUND.
Government's answer to increasingly unaffordable education?
DEBT.
Borrow.
Graduate.
Find employment.
Start repayment.
We are gradually normalising young Nigerians beginning adulthood owing money for education.
6. ATM WITHDRAWALS.
Your money.
Your account.
Your card.
But use another bank's ATM?
Charges.
Apparently, even accessing your own money is now an economic activity.
7. CASH WITHDRAWALS.
From 2026, exceed prescribed weekly cash-withdrawal limits and excess-cash charges can apply.
Imagine being charged because you wanted too much of YOUR OWN MONEY in cash.
Read that twice.
8. PASSPORTS.
32-page passport: ₦100,000.
64-page passport: ₦200,000.
Even proving you're Nigerian became more expensive.
Citizenship apparently has a premium package now.
9. IMPORTS.
Devalue the naira.
Imports become costlier in naira.
Raw materials become costlier.
Businesses transfer the costs.
The government doesn't send you the devaluation bill.
Relax.
Your pharmacist, mechanic and supermarket will deliver it.
10. CREDIT.
Then monetary tightening made borrowing brutally expensive.
So the Nigerian entrepreneur gets:
Expensive fuel.
Expensive electricity.
Expensive transportation.
Expensive inputs.
Poorer customers.
Expensive loans.
And somehow we're shocked businesses are struggling.
Here's the part that annoys me:
Every hardship has a sophisticated name.
Fuel increase = reform.
Currency collapse = market liberalisation.
Electricity increase = tariff adjustment.
Expensive borrowing = monetary tightening.
Higher charges = cost recovery.
But when you remove the economic grammar, one reality remains:
THE NIGERIAN IS PAYING MORE TO LIVE.
For three years we've heard:
“Be patient.”
“Necessary sacrifice.”
“Reforms take time.”
“The fundamentals are improving.”
Fine.
Then answer this:
WHEN DOES GOVERNMENT JOIN THE SACRIFICE?
Because Nigerians cannot continuously sacrifice purchasing power, savings, businesses and opportunities while political elites continue operating one of Africa's most expensive governments.
Maybe the reforms are working.
Maybe tomorrow will vindicate everything.
But Nigerians are entitled to ask today:
WORKING FOR WHOM?
Don't tell me Tinubu's best policy.
Quote this post and tell me the ONE Tinubu policy that has personally dealt the biggest blow to your pocket.
Fuel?
Naira?
Electricity?
Education?
Data?
Bank charges?
Let's compare everybody's bill.
David Ibiyeomie 👀
How can people with common sense allow Pablo Escobar, a dangerous drug baron, to rule over them?
If you fail to vote right again, you will suffer more than you have suffered now!
“While I was in Gombe State with my family, I told them I had gained admission to UNN, Nsukka, Enugu State, but they discouraged me from attending.”
— Woman who recently graduated from UNN, Nsukka, shares the misconceptions about Igbos she had while growing up as a Northerner.
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God bless 2Baba for this wonderful gesture.
I’m touched by this. Innocent Idibia took the campaign against insecurity to his native Benue State. Sometimes, your presence is enough!
I speak on issues close to my heart. This is empathy. Beyond rice sharing, this is love.
I’m appealing to Nigerian celebrities, each & every one of you comes from a community like this one. Driving Lamborghinis & Porsches in Lagos is good, but is that all there is to life?
Families in Unguwar Lalle, in Sabon Birni LGA of Sokoto State are on the run as well. They abandon their ancestral homes to bandits.
These are some of those who suffer, so that politicians can soirée & perpetuate their bloodlines. We know what Nigeria has become.
There is biting hunger & widespread insecurity, forcing families to abandon the rural areas for the cities. Villagers can no longer feed. Poverty is biting hard. They were subsistence farmers in the past, but rising insecurity has ravaged their homes. People can no longer go to their farmers
Please, can you visit your village & touch some lives? Can you take relief to them & show some empathy? Beyond providing relief materials, can you stay for a while & talk to them? Can you give them a hug, a bear hug? God in his infinite kindness will replenish your pockets.😭
Heartbreaking video showing a father begging Nigerians to help save his daughter after she underwent surgery. Due to a lack of funds for her continued treatment, her condition has worsened, and her stomach has become severely swollen. Please share this video 😭
Kayode Williams built a drone from scratch, and he is just 20 years old.
He arrived in Enugu today and will be with us for the next 4 weeks to teach our children how to make real-life drones from scratch during the bootcamp.
What we want to solve is making low-cost drones to improve security in the East and also to dispatch emergency items like pallets, drugs, and other supplies.
These 4 weeks are going to be hot in Enugu.
We have geniuses hidden everywhere, and we will create millions of them in a few years.