Elumah Lucas, PhD

Energy & Development Finance/Researcher/ Public Policy Enthusiast. Views & Opinions solely mine.

[Dr Joe Abah, OON @DrJoeAbah]

Dear @channelstv @ARISEtv @tvcnewsng @NTANewsNow, please when next you go for a media briefing with FCT Minister @GovWike, kindly ask him about the following:
1. Cows taking over roads, now including highways, in Abuja
2. Waste collection and mountains of refuse in various parts of town
3. Swarms of young children, who should be in school, begging at traffic lights and junctions under the supervision of adults sitting under nearby trees.
4. The pandemic of driving “one-way” against traffic.
5. Aggressive street traders, especially the ones selling windscreen wiper blades, who insist on putting their hands on your windscreen.
6. All commercial vehicles, including Keke, that believe that traffic lights don’t apply to them.

Others may have other things to add but it would be good to get answers to these first.

Thank you.

[Elumah Lucas, PhD @luvility]

@Dongarrus1 @Safreenarrhh See that of bees. What do you think

[Ogunkoya O.A. @OgunkoyaIB]

@JAMBHQ
Is it appropriate to be having a Party simultaneously at a Jamb Mock Center, while Examination was going on ? This is not only irresponsible, but outrageous. @JAMBHQ

[Elumah Lucas, PhD @luvility]

@CHUDDI_KAY @asemota God help you say you don comot market

[Elumah Lucas, PhD @luvility]

@aedcelectricity @MrAbuSidiq Why not just downgrade till you are ready. Why must customers suffer for this?

[𝐇𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐚, 𝐏𝐡.𝐃. @Realoilsheikh]

Putting NNPC Limited @nnpclimited in a bad light for whatever reason is unfair to the thousands of hardworking professionals who have dedicated their lives to building the company and, by extension, this nation.

Is it a perfect NOC? Far from it. No national oil company is. But from an insider’s perspective, to question the professionalism and transparency embedded within its operational structure today is inaccurate & a big lie.

Many of us want to see NNPCL operate like Saudi Aramco, PETRONAS, National Iranian Oil Company, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, China National Petroleum Corporation, or Kuwait Oil Company. That aspiration is valid. But have we paused to ask the critical questions?

• Does NNPCL have adequate and predictable funding?

• Is it truly independent and insulated from government interference?

• Does it enjoy the fiscal autonomy and governance stability its global peers operate under?

I have had the privilege of working closely with another national oil company and observing its governance framework, budgetary structure, and operational independence. Anyone who understands how those systems function will immediately recognize how structural constraints can either enable excellence or frustrate it. And this is one big challenge the NNPCL has.

Within NNPCL’s internal structure; from operational incubation to execution, from the lowest approval levels to Board oversight, there are established processes designed for transparency, accountability, and professionalism. The men and women inside the system work within these frameworks diligently. May be not all of them. But I can confidently say, more than the political leaders do.

What is ironic is that the very political actors who publicly criticize the organization are often the same forces that seek influence within its governance processes; requesting interventions, favors, or directional pressures, whether justified or not.

Constructive reform Absolutely. Professional critique? Necessary. Strategic restructuring? Welcome.

But reducing an entire institution; one that carries the weight of Nigeria’s economic backbone, to political talking points is neither fair nor productive.

If we truly desire a world-class NOC, then the conversation must move beyond blame and toward structural independence, funding stability, and governance discipline.

Institutions do not fail in isolation. They reflect the systems that shape them.

Let’s be honest about that.

~Dr. Hidima.

[Elumah Lucas, PhD @luvility]

@DrJoeAbah @GovWike @OfficialFCTA Abuja is becoming a dump site. Kubwa express road, you see same by the express. Its becoming a problem

[Elumah Lucas, PhD @luvility]

@NaijaFlyingDr VCs are quite risky, they already know what they are going into. Lenders on the other hand are usually secured,once you dont meet up, they move in straight.

[Tracka @TrackaNG]

N3bn was allocated to the Construction and Equipping of the 300-bed Specialist Hospital, Millennium City, Kaduna State.

We tracked and report that the project has been completed and commissioned since July 2025. However, the facility has not been opened for use.

We call on @Fmohnigeria, to provide the public with details of why this facility was abandoned, and open it for use.

[Elumah Lucas, PhD @luvility]

@OtitoNosike Gemini created this based on the code you mentioned, and I find it truly worth emulating. I sincerely hope that someday our people will embrace a life grounded in moral justice.

[Elumah Lucas, PhD @luvility]

@BIG_DEE42 @OtitoNosike @RadianceAghedo1 The family is the smallest unit of any community, and once the family is down morally, then the community and country will run without values and morals.

[Didi_Ohis♥️🤍 @BIG_DEE42]

@OtitoNosike @RadianceAghedo1 The solution to our problems as a country lies in the ability of the family to raise morally upright and responsible children and the quality of education that is accessible to all, the importance of the values the family instills in the members cannot be ignored.

[Lukas Not Podolski @OtitoNosike]

The Japanese are so deeply steeped in honor that if you so much as suspect them of wrongdoing, they could go as far as committing seppuku, not out of guilt, of course (well, sometimes, if it’s true), but as a final, irrevocable declaration of innocence. That’s how fiercely they guard their integrity.

In their world, shame is a heavier sentence than death; the stain on one’s name seeps into generations unborn; a wound no lifetime can heal. And so, to prevent all of that, they do the needful: seppuku.

It’s a culture where apology is not weakness but nobility. Where items that are not theirs are returned whole, not “Who be this? Okay na you get the iPhone 14 wey I find for road? Oga, your money na 2 million.” Where the bow is not just greeting but penance, and truth is not measured by convenience but by duty. A people so bound by the code of Bushido, the way of the warrior, that even their silence speaks of dignity.

And I think about that sometimes: how societies build themselves around the values they hold sacred. How, in some places, the loss of integrity brings death; while in others, the loss of integrity brings promotion. In Japan, a man will fall on his sword to preserve his name. Here, a man will sell his name for jollof steaming, AC chilling, Wi-Fi blazing, and still demand applause.

Different lands. Different gods. Different definitions of shame.

[Oríadé @michaelinioluwa]

Hard to do scientific research when national grid is down.

[Stephen OSEMWEGIE @StephenOSEMWEGI]

My brother Morris,
You may not have fully understood the state Nigeria 🇳🇬 judiciary is in currently, and I fear millions of people also don’t know. If you Follow Prof. @ChidiOdinkalu who has been the John the Baptist crying in the wilderness about the decay of Nigeria 🇳🇬 judiciary, you may rethink your suggestion.

Here is an interesting evidence that you and me don’t have a judicial branch when it comes to political jurisprudence.
After the 2023 4am 🕓 Mahmud Fraudulent Coup announcement of Tinubu, few days later, 5 citizens/Residents of FCT approached the Federal High Court demanding the legal interpretation of the constitutional 25% requirements of the total cast votes in FCT to be legally elected president, since Tinubu did not meet this threshold and therefore could not be declared winner. This was critical because the constitution provides clearly that you need 25% in 2/3 of the states AND FCT which was thought as a special zone and not a state.

Guess what happened,
The Federal High Court Judge absconded from his court several times when the case was to be heard. Some times He was in his chambers but the clerk will say he traveled. He keep refusing to show up an rule on a constitutional matter until Tinubu was sworn into office on May 29th, and then the judge reappeared and dismissed the case, even threatening to sanction the lawyer who represented the plaintiffs.

In summary, your argument that we should test the certificate forgery case and shame the judiciary is futile because they are incapable of shame.
Their only saving grace is that Nigerians are not paying attention or too hungry to think beyond food 🍲. Our politicians have perfected the concept of dividing and conquering the people and weaponization of poverty, which makes the society more like crabs 🦀 in a barrel, all man for himself, dog eat dog type mentality, no unified collective action. Everyone is afraid of the other man, no unified collective actions. They also control the media and some political opposition to blunt their effects.

Solutions:
Mass mobilization and political education, connecting the suffering, hunger, insecurity, unemployment and bad road infrastructure to Government policies and Political corruption. This critical mass movement will be necessary to occupy Nigeria 🇳🇬 and ensure votes 🗳️ count in 2027.

[PRIMO @primo_rdial]

@Mbahdeyforyou Na even federal government dey make the tickets cost self

[I.S. Nitte @ISNitte]

@Mbahdeyforyou I don’t know how ignorant men get to make their erroneous opinions publicly. This guy had zero oil and gas knowledge but is putting himself out there like an expert. Media houses needs to do better too.

[Elumah Lucas, PhD @luvility]

@Achievers_Oou We can hear you

[Olanrewaju Adewale @Olanrewaju79591]

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[Elumah Lucas, PhD @luvility]

@The_Barr_OluT For some of these GT roles, the coy specifies courses, but since all of us are looking to be employed, we all apply. Fortunately, for those who did courses not listed but have good grades, they will fall into the bucket and their career path changed to suit what the coy wants.

[Elumah Lucas, PhD @luvility]

@The_Barr_OluT Some of these issues are caused by the dearth of industries/companies to accommodate those who did specialized courses. For inst, if you have a 2.1 or 1st class in engineering,you could easily pass the aptitude test for a job with big 4 while someone who studied accounting maynot