To think that the current govt led by TPain has any intentions of stepping down after 2032 is quite laughable. Nigerians should prepare for the worse. Dude has life time presidency in mind.
It's hard to be optimistic about Nigeria.
But we can't give up hope.
If you feel rather impotent doing anything about Nigeria, start local.
What can you do to make your community and state better?
As I was telling @EnyaChukwu yesterday, we can start from from Ebonyi
@Ms_sheyie@EseBeloOsagie Honest advice, Be scared of any wedding photographer who would accept anything less than 70% to book your date(it can only be out of desperation).
For those who know their onions, full payment on or before D-day. Merry Christmas.
@d_ocheido You might have an arguably good point, but your reference isn't the right one. First of all Saul wasn't God's will for Israel, He just allowed them have it their way. But David was God's will for Israel. Both were anointed. But Saul never was meant for the throne. You gerrit?
The key to understanding Nigerians is to realise that the common underlying denominator behind all Nigerian cultures is COWARDICE.
When cowards meet a good, transparent person who aspires to lead for the right reasons, they will turn into prime Christine Amanpour and Trevor Noah. JAMB questions and merciless mockery here and there. When cowards meet an unapologetically evil person who threatens/uses violence and calls their bluff, they just melt away and disappear. They only tackle those who do not hit back!
That's why every Tom, Dick and Harry opened a "holding government accountable" NGO, and protest-for-hire became an entire cottage industry in Abuja under Goodluck Jonathan, but across the 9 years of Muhammadu Tooth Picker and Chicago Drug Lord, they've suddenly remembered that holding power accountable is dangerous.
Cowards are only brave when there are no consequences! That's why they will definitely tackle someone like Peter Obi for saying something clear, obvious, and manifestly true, but if the exact comments were made by, say Nyesom Wike, you will not see ⅛ of this reaction. They know that PO will probably start explaining himself, which makes them feel powerful, but Wike will send a demolition team to their house instead of speaking English with them.
Even when they make the right choice, their cowardice still shines through, which is why in 2015 when they voted for Buhari, people were talking incredible amounts of big talk - "make country ungovernable," "parallel government," "give GEJ the Gbagbo treatment," "Don't make us repeat 1966" - but in 2023 when they voted for an actual leader, it became "#AllEyesOnTheJudiciary." Nigerian big talk and hyper aggression is only for those who will not hit back.
If you aspire to lead Nigerians, it's as simple as understanding the group psychology of the world's largest population of cowards, and learning how to manipulate it.
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